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Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.

Programme Description

Horizon Europe promotes excellence and provide valuable support to leading researchers and innovators in advancing the systemic change needed to ensure a green, healthy and resilient Europe.

The programme promotes scientific excellence through the European Research Council (ERC) to enable top researchers to expand their knowledge to meet our economic and social challenges. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Scholarships and Exchanges will help the best talent among young researchers to expand their knowledge and skills. Europe will benefit from the scientific advice, technical support and research of the Joint Research Center (JRC), the Commission’s Office for Science and Knowledge.

The programme will also support collaborative research on the social challenges facing Europe and strengthen technological and industrial capacity through clusters covering the full range of global challenges. At the same time, a number of European partnerships will encourage broad public and private sector involvement, covering critical areas such as energy, transport, biodiversity, health, food and cyclicality.

Horizon Europe will also encourage participation in research, reduce the research-innovation gap and strengthen the European Research Area (ERA) through a wide range of measures to support countries with low research-innovation performance, for example through the establishment of centres of excellence, the improvement of their skills and the facilitation of collaborative links.

In addition, the programme will introduce new features, such as the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the EU missions. The EIC, which is already running on a pilot phase, will receive a budget of over €10 billion to support emerging and revolutionary innovations from SMEs, start-ups and mid-cap companies and will complement the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

European missions will focus on ambitious, time-bound and achievable goals for solving common European challenges. The goals to be achieved by 2030 are the following:

saving 3 million lives from cancer,
100 climate-neutral cities,
healthy oceans, seas and inland waters,
healthy soils and food,
areas resistant to climate change.

Particular attention will also be paid to coordinating activities funded through Horizon Europe with those supported by other EU programmes, such as InvestEU, Erasmus+, the funds under the EU cohesion policy umbrella, Digital Europe, the Connecting Europe Facility and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, to promote faster dissemination at national and regional level and to exploit the results of research and innovation.
Importantly, for the first time in the history of the framework programme, regions can, on a voluntary basis, transfer part of their regional funding to Horizon Europe for use in research and innovation activities in their region.

Total Budget

€ 95.5 billion

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

From 20% to 100%.

Eligibility for Participation

Associations
Chambers
Educational Institutions
International Organisations
Large Enterprises
Local Authorities
National Contact Points - NCPs
NGOs
Non Profit Organisations
Other Beneficiaries
Private Bodies
Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Services Providers
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
State-owned Enterprises
Training Centres

Programme Opening Date

01/01/2021

Programme Closing Date

31/12/2027

National Contact Point(s)

Research and Innovation Foundation
Address: 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia, P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/

EU Contact Point

https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation_en

Website

https://ec.europa.eu/info/horizon-europe_en

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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).

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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Hop-on facility

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Code: 36646 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-03-ACCESS-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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European Partnership on Innovative SMEs

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Code: 36643 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2025-01-INNOVSMES-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.
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MSCA4Ukraine Fellowships 2025

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Code: 36641 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-MSCA4UA-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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EIC Transition Open

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Code: 36614 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2025-TRANSITIONOPEN | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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MSCA Doctoral Networks 2025

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Code: 36612 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-DN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/11/2025

MSCA Doctoral Networks will implement doctoral programmes, by partnerships of universities, research institutions and research infrastructures, businesses including SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond. MSCA Doctoral Networks are indeed open to the participation of organisations from third countries, in view of fostering strategic international partnerships for the training and exchange of researchers.

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ERA Fellowships

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Code: 36610 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-TALENTS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 09/04/2025 | End submission calls: 10/09/2025

Fellowships should be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking cross-border mobility. Applications must be made jointly by the researcher together with a legal entity in the academic or non-academic sector located in a Widening Country.

ERA Fellowships should take place in a Widening Country. Fellowships are open to researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to the EU from any country in the world or moving within the EU to a Widening Country.

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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025

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Code: 36607 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 09/04/2025 | End submission calls: 10/09/2025

Fellowships will be provided to excellent researchers undertaking international mobility. Applications will be made jointly by the researcher and a beneficiary in the academic or non-academic sector.

Postdoctoral Fellowships either can take place in Europe (i.e. in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country) or in a Third Country not associated to Horizon Europe:
- European Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Global Postdoctoral Fellowships
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Implementing co-funded action plans for connected regional innovation valleys

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Code: 36517 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2025-02-CONNECT-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 14/05/2025 | End submission calls: 15/10/2025

The aim of this topic is to foster the creation of efficient, open, inclusive and interconnected European innovation ecosystems in line with the New European Innovation Agenda, notably in thematic/technological areas (including deep tech) that will be critical for EU value chains.

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Preparatory action for setting up joint programmes among innovation ecosystems actors

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Code: 36515 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2025-02-CONNECT-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 14/05/2025 | End submission calls: 15/10/2025

The topic will allow national, regional and/or local authorities in charge of innovation policies and programmes from Member States, Associated Countries and/or their regions, and other research and innovation actors, to prepare joint multi-annual programmes of activities and action plans with the aim of strengthening the performance and capacity of their innovation ecosystems, their efficient interconnection and their alignment towards EU-level priorities, in line with the New European Innovation Agenda, to jointly tackle challenges at EU, national, regional, and local level.

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ERC Advanced Grants

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Code: 36442 | Identifier Code: ERC-2025-ADG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 28/08/2025

ERC Advanced Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements. Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their research proposal.

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European Excellence Initiative (EEI)

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Code: 36435 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-01-ACCESS-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/05/2025 | End submission calls: 20/11/2025

The European Excellence Initiative in its widening dimension aims to raise excellence in science and in knowledge valorisation of Europe’s universities through cooperation. The action will engage with universities and empower them further to be actors of change in R&I. Cooperation of universities will be supported to create critical R&I mass and pursue specific objectives that contribute to accelerating key R&I areas of own choice with strategic relevance for the European Union.

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Implementing co-funded action plans for connected regional innovation valleys in widening countries

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Code: 36432 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-05-ACCESS-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/05/2025 | End submission calls: 15/10/2025

The aim of this topic is to foster the creation of efficient, open, inclusive and interconnected European innovation ecosystems in line with the New European Innovation Agenda, notably in thematic/technological areas (including deep tech) that will be critical for EU value chains. It will also contribute to the twin green and digital transition and a resilient society, and to the net-zero objective, particularly in the areas of reducing reliance on the fossil fuels, increasing global food security, mastering the digital transformation (including cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence), improving healthcare, and achieving circularity.

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Women Tech.EU initiative

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Code: 36239 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2025-WOMENTECH | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/04/2025 | End submission calls: 02/09/2025

The Women TechEU Initiative is designed to support early-stage women-led deep-tech startups, addressing gender gap in the tech industry and fostering more diverse startup ecosystem across Europe. The initiative aims to enhance the competitiveness of women-led companies addressing critical societal challenges. By empowering women entrepreneurs, Women TechEU supports early stage deep-tech companies, paving the way for the participation of women-led start-ups in future EIC calls.

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MSCA Staff Exchanges 2025

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Code: 36157 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-SE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/03/2025 | End submission calls: 08/10/2025

MSCA Staff Exchanges promote innovative international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration in research and innovation through exchanging staff and sharing knowledge and ideas at all stages of the innovation chain. The scheme fosters a shared culture of research and innovation that welcomes and rewards creativity and entrepreneurship and helps turn ideas into innovative products, services or processes. It is open to research, technical, administrative and managerial staff supporting R&I activities.

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The European Capital of Innovation Awards 2026 (iCapital)

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Code: 36153 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2025-ICAPITAL-PRIZE-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/03/2025 | End submission calls: 18/06/2025

The European Capital of Innovation Awards aim to champion inspiring cases of municipality-enabled innovation flourishing in cities. The Awards are a prestigious recognition for city administrators who are courageous enough to open up their governance practices to experimentation, to boost innovation by all means, to be a role model for other cities, and to push the boundaries of technology for the benefit of their citizens. In addition to the monetary reward, the prize brings high visibility in the form of renewed public interest and increased media coverage.

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EIC Pathfinder Open

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Code: 36046 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/02/2025 | End submission calls: 21/05/2025

The overall objective of the EIC Pathfinder for advanced research is to develop the scientific basis to underpin breakthrough technologies. It provides support for the earliest stages of scientific, technological or deep-tech research and development. Pathfinder projects aim to build on new, cutting-edge directions in science and technology to disrupt a field and a market or create new opportunities by realising innovative technological solutions.

The EIC Pathfinder Open supports early stage development of future technologies (e.g. various activities at low Technology Readiness Levels 1-4), based on high-risk/high-gain science-towards-technology, breakthrough research (including ‘deep-tech’).

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EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative Call for Training Proposals 2025

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Code: 36038 | Identifier Code: Edu Cluster | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 25/02/2025 | End submission calls: 08/04/2025

The EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative has launched its Call for Training Proposals 2025 and is inviting organisations to collaborate on training deep tech talents by enhancing or expanding deep tech training programmes.

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EIT Call for Proposals 2025 for a new EIT Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) on Water, Marine and Maritime Sectors and Ecosystems (‘Water’)

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Code: 35959 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2025 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 20/02/2025 | End submission calls: 17/06/2025

The EIT Community is characterised by a focus on results and on achieving long-lasting impact in the way the EU approaches and manages innovation. It is therefore critical that the KIC demonstrates substantial impact at the socioeconomic level over time, and significant progress towards achieving its mission and objectives. The KIC should harvest intellectual, human, material and financial resources to create valuable outputs such as innovation communities, high quality curricula, start-ups, innovative products, services, technologies, through which it develops and sustains value-added business, enhances competencies necessary for innovation and entrepreneurship, and for developing solutions to major societal challenges.

A KIC is expected to create the following impacts:
- technological/economic/innovation impact by influencing the creation and growth of companies, as well as the creation and deployment at scale of new innovative solutions to address the global challenges, creating direct and indirect jobs and mobilising additional public and private investments;
- educational impact by strengthening human capital in research and innovation, enhancing innovative and entrepreneurial skills both at individual and organisational levels and fostering the creation and diffusion of knowledge and innovation openly within society;
- societal impact, including the impact derived by the delivery of systematic solutions within and beyond the EIT Community, also through Cross-KIC activities, by addressing EU policy priorities in the Water, Marine and Maritime Sectors and Ecosystems (‘Water’) through innovative solutions, engagement with citizens and end-users and by strengthening the uptake of innovative solutions in these areas in society.
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EIT Culture & Creativity - Main Innovation Projects 2025

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Code: 35885 | Identifier Code: EIT CC - BP2024-2025 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 11/02/2025 | End submission calls: 11/04/2025

The overall goal of the Innovation Programme is to develop a balanced portfolio of projects addressing key challenges in the EIT CC’s five priority areas: Fashion, Cultural Heritage, Architecture, Gaming and Audio-Visual Media.
The Regular Open Call for Main Innovation Projects supports one-year initiatives designed to advance technologies from TRL 6 to TRL 9, ensuring a smooth transition to market. Projects will focus on refining prototypes, branding, market research, and scaling distribution channels.

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EIT Culture & Creativity - Short Innovation Projects - Segment 2: Collaborative projects

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Code: 35882 | Identifier Code: EIT CC - BP2024-2025 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 11/02/2025 | End submission calls: 11/04/2025

The aim of the EIT Culture & Creativity’s 2025 Innovation Programme is to foster a balanced portfolio of projects that address key challenges in EIT Culture & Creativity’s five priority areas: Fashion, Cultural Heritage, Architecture, Gaming, and Audio-Visual Media.
This call will focus specifically on short innovation projects – projects with a duration of no more than 6 months – that can drive tangible, impactful results within a limited timeframe.

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EIT Culture & Creativity - Education Call: Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Courses 2025

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Code: 35880 | Identifier Code: EIT CC - BP2024-2025 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 11/02/2025 | End submission calls: 11/04/2025

The EIT Culture & Creativity Call for continuous professional development (CPD) courses 2025 emphasises the development of courses designed to equip students and professionals within the Cultural and Creative Sector Industries with vital skills in creativity, sustainability, digital technologies, entrepreneurship, and sectorspecific innovation.

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MSCA Cofund 2025

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Code: 35708 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-COFUND-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/01/2025 | End submission calls: 24/06/2025

MSCA COFUND co-finances new or existing doctoral programmes and postdoctoral fellowship schemes with the aim of spreading the best practices of the MSCA including international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research training, as well as international and cross-sectoral mobility of researchers at all stages of their career.

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Scaling Startups Programme: tailored support with an investment focus

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Code: 35705 | Identifier Code: EITUM-BP23-25 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 15/01/2025 | End submission calls: 28/02/2025

For 2025, EIT Urban Mobility will continue to support startup entrepreneurs with the Scaling Startups Programme: a programme enabling startup business to grow while reducing the inherent risk of entrepreneurship with a double-sided approach:
- provide tailored support responding to each startup specific needs
- and facilitating a Demo Day with investors focusing on mobility, smart cities, sustainability, and impact.
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Teaming for Excellence

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Code: 35370 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 03/12/2024 | End submission calls: 20/01/2026

Teaming is one of the actions that stimulates the European Union to exploit its potential by maximising and spreading the benefits of research and innovation. The Teaming action is designed to support the creation of new centres of excellence or upgrading the existing ones in low R&I performing countries (except those centres of excellence that have already benefitted from previous Teaming calls). Generally, Teaming is vital for its competitiveness and its ability to address societal challenges.

Deadline dates:
- 10 April 2025
- 20 January 2026
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EIC STEP Scale Up

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Code: 35323 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2025-EICSTEP-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/11/2024 | End submission calls: 16/12/2025

The EIC STEP Scale Up call presents a unique opportunity for ambitious scale up companies (SMEs and small mid-caps) with game-changing innovations in Europe’s critical technology areas. It offers a powerful combination of financial and strategic support designed to propel your groundbreaking solution to the forefront of these sectors.

This call is part of the implementation of the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) which supports the development or manufacturing of critical technologies throughout the Union or safeguarding and strengthening their respective value chains.

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ERC Proof of Concept Grants

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Code: 35211 | Identifier Code: ERC-2025-POC | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 13/11/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2025

The ERC Proof of Concept Grants aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research and are therefore available only to Principal Investigators whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research.

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EIT RawMaterials - Call for KAVA 13 Upscaling- Business Plan 2023-2025

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Code: 35153 | Identifier Code: EIT RM BP23-25 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 07/10/2024 | End submission calls: 29/11/2024

The EIT RawMaterials Innovation Community is building a pan-European innovation ecosystem on raw materials that are essential for Europe’s open strategic autonomy.

Upscaling KAVA projects are innovation projects based on validated technologies that need additional step(s) for testing, demonstration, proof of concept and up-scaling prior to commercialisation. The purpose of these projects is to support good technologies, products, and services that are currently under development to reach market entry.

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EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application

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Code: 35135 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/10/2024 | End submission calls: 18/12/2025

The EIC Accelerator focuses in particular on innovations building on scientific discovery or technological breakthroughs (‘deep tech’) and where significant funding is needed over a long timeframe before returns can be generated (‘patient capital’).

The EIC Accelerator supports companies (principally SMEs, including start-ups) to scale up high impact innovations with the potential to create new markets or disrupt existing ones.

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Inno2Market – Innovate Together 2024

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Code: 35043 | Identifier Code: EITM BP 2023-2025 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 02/10/2024 | End submission calls: 06/12/2024

EIT Manufacturing’s Inno2Market – Innovate Together 2024 aims to strengthen the competitiveness of European Manufacturing in the key strategic areas defined by the European Commission. The programme will focus on the strategic manufacturing technologies defined in the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), supporting the European Green Deal by enabling the European industry to adapt to the forthcoming regulations.

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ERC Consolidator Grants

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Code: 34938 | Identifier Code: ERC-2025-COG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 26/09/2024 | End submission calls: 14/01/2025

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

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MSCA Staff Exchanges 2024

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Code: 34880 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2024 | End submission calls: 05/02/2025

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

For staff members
- Increased set of research and transferable skills and competences, leading to improved employability and career prospects within and outside academia;
- More knowledge and innovative ideas converted into products, processes and services;
- More entrepreneurial mind-sets, testing new and innovative ideas;
- Increased international exposure leading to extended networks and opportunities;
- Enhanced networking and communication capacities with scientific peers, as well as with the general public that will increase and broaden the research and innovation impact.
For participating organisations
- Innovative ways of cooperation and transfer of knowledge between sectors and disciplines;
- Strengthened and broader international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaborative networks;
- Boosted R&I capacity.
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Integrated peri-urban areas in the transition towards climate neutrality

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Code: 34815 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CIT-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 11/02/2025

Peri-urban areas lie at the periphery of cities. They are the interface between rural and urban environments and are often the subject of high pressure from the urban core which results in an un-controlled and uneven urban expansion towards the rural territory often triggering environmental degradation. While dispersed and heterogenous in terms of land-occupancy, density and services and amenities distribution, the peri-urban territory integrates mutual inter-dependences within the urban-rural continuum. These can be associated with people (inwards and outwards migration or socio-demographic change) as well as with linkages and flows between a variety of rural and urban related functions and activities (ranging from industrial and recycling manufacturing, agriculture production and food processing, sanitation, waste disposal, drinking water provisions, to housing – including slums and gated communities – transport and associated infrastructure, large-scale commercial sites, and large recreational areas such as parks or forests), which juxtapose, collide and mesh in unintended and unplanned ways.
Peri-urban areas are also the subject of weaker governance structures and limited institutional capacity, which in return limits the capacity to regulate economic activities and land-use and land coverage and makes it difficult to implement effective and integrated local, regional, and functional urban area wide policies and programs.

This topic aims to foster the integration of green and smart mobility, energy, industry and governance solutions and measures within the current peri-urban development and planning practice to reduce these areas GHG emissions and to improve their liveability.

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Mobility Management Plans and Behavioural Change

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Code: 34812 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CIT-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 11/02/2025

The shift towards a decarbonised transport system is considered as challenging compared to other sectors of the economy. Achieving urban mobility decarbonisation can involve a variety of policy and technology measures and solutions. Technological innovations should be complemented by measures tapping into changes that target travel patterns and generate a shift in the daily mobility behaviour.
The objective of this topic is to explore, analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of mobility management schemes (influencing behavioural change, travel demand and travel supply) in achieving a decarbonised and energy-efficient urban mobility system.

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Rethinking urban spaces towards climate neutrality

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Code: 34810 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CIT-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 11/02/2025

With our cities being overly populated and dense, the scarcity of urban public space requires smart urban design, planning, management and prioritisation in urban space allocation to different uses, amenities, and services. From the reallocation of the urban public space to more sustainable forms of transport and energy generation and use, intermodal hubs, and interchanges to the dynamic management of the street profile and curb side, and the integration of suburban/peripheral areas in the general urban fabric and patterns, current and future research should aim to make urban public spaces more liveable while enabling better a connectivity, accessibility, social interaction, inclusion and transit in the context of a changing climate. Concepts like the “15-minute city” and “superblocks” are gaining momentum and have an enormous potential in shaping the urban planning and design practice and the mobility services based on the principle of proximity.

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Zero-pollution cities

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Code: 34808 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CIT-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 11/02/2025

Cities are concerned by various types of pollution, including air, water, soil and noise pollution, and their negative impacts on human health and the environment. Many of these pollutants emanate from the same sources as greenhouse gas emissions being tackled in the context of the EU Mission Climate-Neutral Smart Cities, so it is clear there are potential environmental co-benefits from reducing GHG emissions. Designing effective policies to protect city dwellers from pollution depends on solid evidence as well as on cooperation and communication between and with policy makers and citizens.
Due to resource constraints, city administrations may often need to prioritise between different actions on different forms of pollution – and for this a solid risk-based evidence-base of the exposure to, impacts of and measures against pollution will allow to arrive at more informed and cost-effective local measures.
More informed, coherent and targeted local measures will help European cities to deliver environmental co-benefits under the EU Mission for Climate-Neutral, Smart Cities, comply with or exceed EU legislative standards for air and water quality, and supporting the delivery of environmental objectives such as the targets of the EU Zero Pollution Action Plan and commitments under the Green City Accord.

Applicants should propose projects that deliver better and innovative local measures against pollution through, among others, improved knowledge on the exposures of citizens to pollution and improved health impact assessments and strategies to reduce health impacts related to air, water, soil and/or noise pollution.

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Resource Efficiency of PV in Production, Use and Disposal

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Code: 34806 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

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 its sustainability while creating wealth and additional employment opportunities in Europe.

Consequently, project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- Reduce the environmental footprint associated to PV technology deployment across all the phases of the system lifetime (production, transport, installation and end of life).
- Define design and processing guidelines to optimally address circularity of PV systems for one or several PV technologies (silicon, thin film, organic PV, perovskite PV, etc.).
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Industrialisation of sustainable and circular deep renovation workflows (Built4People Partnership)

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Code: 34804 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D4-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

This topic is focused on the industrialisation of sustainable and circular deep renovation workflows.
Several recent projects and calls have focused on prefabrication for deep renovation, but more work is needed to develop innovative, seamless workflows from design to off-site prefabrication, to installation, construction on-site, maintenance and future dismantling, reuse and recycling of prefabricated elements, duly considering life cycle performance, sustainability, and the potential to use the buildings as carbon sinks.

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Digital solutions to foster participative design, planning and management of buildings, neighbourhoods and urban districts (Built4People Partnership)

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Code: 34802 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D4-02-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

The transition to a climate-neutral society requires that Europe’s building stock also becomes climate-neutral. At the same time, Europe’s building stock has to become climate resilient. This requires a comprehensive approach beyond individual buildings, namely at the level of neighbourhoods or urban districts. However, the decarbonisation of the built environment and its adaptation to a changing climate and to societal needs in terms of comfort, accessibility, inclusiveness, and aesthetics cannot happen without active participation of the buildings’ users and occupants, individual / collective property owners, and energy communities as beneficiaries of the value chain. Professionals, such as project developers, architects, engineers, building owners, planners and statutory authorities, require solutions that develop, analyse, model, visualise and present a multitude and complex set of information in such a way that facilitates such co-design processes. This topic focuses on the development of digital solutions for a stronger participation of end users, citizens and other relevant stakeholders in the design, planning and management of the renovation of existing buildings, neighbourhoods and / or districts.

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Support to the activities of the SET Plan Key Action area Renewable fuels and bioenergy

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Code: 34800 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

This topic supports the activities of the SET Plan Key Action area Renewable fuels and bioenergy.

Proposals under this topic should address the following SET Plan sector:
- renewable fuels
- bioenergy
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Market Uptake Measures of renewable energy systems

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Code: 34798 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

This topic is focused on market Uptake Measures of renewable energy systems. The proposal is expected to develop solutions addressing at least 2 of the expected outcomes (shown below) either for the entire renewable energy market or focusing on a specific energy sector, such as electricity, heating, cooling or renewable fuels.

Expected outcomes:
- Facilitate the wider uptake of renewable energy systems (RES) in the energy, industrial and residential sectors leading to an increased share of renewable energy in the final energy consumption by 2030 and beyond.
- Contribute to provide open source validated tools and methodologies for policy makers and stakeholders for developing more informed RES policy and for analysing the market dynamics when including all renewable energies.
- Contribute to the development of markets and respective financial frameworks that can operate in an efficiently and incentive-compatible manner while accommodating massive shares of renewables.
- Improve social acceptability of renewable energy facilities and installations.
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BIM-based processes and digital twins for facilitating and optimising circular energy renovation (Built4People Partnership)

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Code: 34796 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D4-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

This topic is focused on the improvement of Building Information Modelling and Digital Twinning over the full life cycle of buildings, including construction and renovation of buildings, towards enhanced energy efficiency and sustainability and in compliance with circular economy and resource efficiency principles.

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Robotics and other automated solutions for construction, renovation and maintenance in a sustainable built environment (Built4People Partnership)

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Code: 34794 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D4-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

The transformation of the built environment should take place in a way that minimises the environmental impact of the works themselves. With the increasing rollout of highly energy efficient, sustainable buildings and deep renovation, there is a growing need for the development of robotic and automated solutions to support sustainable building construction, renovation and maintenance processes that are less disruptive, cleaner and faster.

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Innovative, Community-Integrated PV systems

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Code: 34792 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

PV is growing fast, from domestic and commercial, up to utility scale systems. In the years ahead PV systems and solutions will be an integral contributor of distributed generation, pivotal in building functional energy communities, aggregated and operated through advance distributed controls in hierarchical set up with the integrated grid.
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Increase the profitability and penetration of PV systems in renewable energy communities.
- Engage actively citizens and communities in the clean energy transition in particular through the uptake of energy cooperatives and the development of decentralized platforms.
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Minimisation of environmental, and optimisation of socio-economic impacts in the deployment, operation and decommissioning of offshore wind farms

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Code: 34789 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

The aim is to develop and promote the use of modelling tools and objective holistic assessment metrics for realistic in-depth analysis of (cumulative) impacts of wind installations on the environment and on local communities and to integrate these in design tools for the deployment and decommissioning of offshore wind farms. It will be as well necessary to find innovative solutions to minimize the environmental impact during all stages of the life cycle of offshore wind farms but especially for the construction and decommissioning phase. An assessment framework for installations is needed with nature inclusive design options valuing ‘created habitats’ vs ‘natural habitats’.

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Demonstrations of innovative floating wind concepts

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Code: 34787 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

The overall aim is to accelerate the cost-effective construction and deployment of floating wind farms, facilitating their rapid and sustainable deployment across Europe and lower their overall costs.

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DACCS and BECCS for CO2 removal/negative emissions

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Code: 34785 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

This topic focusses on DACCS and BECCS, which are technologies that can help reaching climate neutrality by 2050 by creating the carbon sinks required to balance out residual emissions in 2050.

The objective of this topic is to further the technological development of DACCS and BECCS, and addressing the environmental, social and economic challenges and benefits with the view of establishing this concept as a viable technology to fight climate change.

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CCU for the production of fuels

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Code: 34782 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

Conversion of captured CO2 is not only a means to replace fossil fuels, but also a promising solution for seasonal energy storage. There are still some scientific and technological challenges to overcome to be able to exploit CO2 as a fuel feedstock, the main challenge being that the utilisation of CO2 is limited by the highly energy intensive conversion process.
Proposals will aim at the development of energy-efficient and economically and environmentally viable CO2 conversion technologies, including energy storage and/or displacement of fossil fuels that allow for upscaling in the short to medium term.

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PV-integrated electric mobility applications

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Code: 34772 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

Photovoltaic power generation is pivotal to a clean energy system and the achievement of the net zero-emissions target. To this end, it is important to enhance affordability, sustainability and exploit the modularity and synergies of application of PV technologies. PV technology can contribute to improved features of electric mobility systems not just in terms of CO2 (and air-pollution) emissions reduction but also regarding product aesthetics and user experiences.

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Design for adaptability, re-use and deconstruction of buildings, in line with the principles of circular economy (Built4People Partnership)

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Code: 34769 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D4-02-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

Project results under this topic are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:
- Improved adaptability of buildings and building units to new uses.
- Increased reuse and recycling of building elements and products.
- Extended service life of buildings.
- Increased awareness on best practices for design for adaptability, reuse and deconstruction.
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Critical technologies for the future ocean energy farms

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Code: 34767 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

This topic is focused on critical technologies for the future ocean energy farms. Specigfically, the results of projects under this topic, are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- Increased performance of ocean energy technologies with the focus on sustainability, operation and maintenance of ocean energy devices.
- Improved knowledge on how to operate ocean energy devices, their availability, maintainability, reliability, survivability, and sustainability.
- The reduction of the levelized cost of energy (LCOE).
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Development of smart concepts of integrated energy driven bio-refineries for co-production of advanced biofuels, bio-chemicals and biomaterials

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Code: 34765 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

This topic is focused on the development of zero-waste and neutral or negative carbon emission energy-efficient biorefinery concepts for enabling the production of low-cost advanced biofuels through co-production of added value bio-based products and bioenergy.

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Development of next generation synthetic renewable fuel technologies

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Code: 34763 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

This topic is focused on the development of next generation technologies for the production of novel synthetic renewable liquid and gaseous fuels from CO2, and/or renewable carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen or their compounds and from renewable energy.

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Digital tools for CSP and solar thermal plants

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Code: 34761 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/09/2024 | End submission calls: 04/02/2025

This topic will support innovative application of digital tools (or to the application of innovative digital tools, or both) in the following areas:
- CSP and/or
- solar thermal heat and/or cold.
Any type of application of the digital tools is in the scope (e.g., component control, performance measurement, self-diagnostic, ancillary services to the power system, digital twins, etc.). Artificial intelligence techniques are also in the scope.

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MSCA Researchers at Risk 2024

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Code: 34759 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2024-RR-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2024 | End submission calls: 14/01/2025

Building on the available results of past and on-going Researchers at Risk initiatives which have strengthened support structures across the EU and provided some form of guidance for researchers at risk, further support is envisaged for scaling up and moving towards more customised support for researchers at risk based on the needs already identified in the national and EU initiatives implemented so far.
This action should aim at delivering the best possible solutions to the challenges faced by researchers.

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EU Award for Gender Equality Champions

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Code: 34713 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-GENDER-Prize | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/09/2024 | End submission calls: 16/10/2024

The “EU Award for Gender Equality Champions” is a recognition prize scheme meant as a booster and complement of the requirement to have in place a Gender Equality Plan (GEP) and a tool for advancing inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new European Research Area (ERA) policy agenda. The Award is also an enabler for the transformation agenda for universities set forth in the new ERA, in synergy with the European Education Area (EEA) and the European Higher Education Area (EHEA, Bologna process), and in line with the new Communication on a European Strategy for Universities adopted on 18 January 2022.

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MSCA Doctoral Networks 2024

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Code: 34429 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/05/2024 | End submission calls: 27/11/2024

MSCA Doctoral Networks will implement doctoral programmes, by partnerships of universities, research institutions and research infrastructures, businesses including SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond. MSCA Doctoral Networks are indeed open to the participation of organisations from third countries, in view of fostering strategic international partnerships for the training and exchange of researchers.

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Assessment of Soil Health in Africa

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Code: 34421 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-SOIL-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 08/05/2024 | End submission calls: 08/10/2024

Africa has a large degree of degraded soils, suboptimal land use, population growth and increasingly urban population. These factors are contributing to increased competition and pressures on land (less land per farmer, less quality land per farmer, climate change, biodiversity loss) resulting in unfavourable economics of farming and ecosystem management.

The IPBES report on land degradation and restoration highlights huge economic cost of land and soil degradation, including increasing cost of no action. Soil health is key to climate change adaptation and mitigation. Therefore, holistic systems approaches are needed for addressing multiple context specific soil health related challenges at country and regional level. In addition, evidence driven analytical framework is urgently needed for adequate soil health priority setting and planning at regional and national level, alignment of partners and investments.

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Managing forest peatsoils

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Code: 34419 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-SOIL-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 08/05/2024 | End submission calls: 08/10/2024

Peatlands can provide multiple ecosystem services such as timber production, climate regulation, water quality control, flood abatement, biodiversity conservation, as well as recreational benefits. However, this potential is compromised due to drainage. Alternative soil management practices for forest peat soils, in particular through the combination of rewetting techniques and forest management (with the exclusion of afforestation), have the potential to improve the environmental, climate and economic performance of peatlands, as well as reduce the impacts of forest harvesting on nutrient, sediment and dissolved organic carbon exports. In particular, practices are needed that effectively address trade-offs from forests multifunctionality and apply an integrated approach to their management (considering biodiversity, climate change challenges, bio-economy needs etc.).

This topic does not cover agricultural emissions.

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Development of high spatial-resolution monitoring approaches and geographically-explicit registry for carbon farming

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Code: 34416 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-SOIL-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 08/05/2024 | End submission calls: 08/10/2024

The EU aims to boost sustainable carbon farming solutions by significantly improving Europe’s capacity to quantify, monitor and verify carbon removals. The development of soil carbon removal deployment strategies and a robust and validated soil carbon monitoring system approach, at scale relevant for land managers, are therefore crucial.

To show the extent to which a carbon farming activity results in a positive climate impact, standardised baselines will be established, reflecting the standard performance of comparable activities in similar social, economic, environmental and technological circumstances and geographical locations. This type of baselines ensures objectivity and transparency, minimises compliance costs and other administrative costs, and positively recognises the action of first movers who have already engaged in carbon farming activities. However, the geographically-explicit data needed to identify and set such standardised baselines and help prioritise regions and actions for carbon farming is currently missing.

Moreover, it is important that the EU boosts sustainable carbon farming solutions by enabling a business model that financially rewards land managers for such activities.

The Carbon Removal Certification (CRC) Framework aims to ensure that financial incentives from both private and public sources are channelled towards high-quality carbon removals and nature-based solutions. However, to ensure its correct functioning, interoperable public registries and MRV protocols compliant with standards and technical rules to be set out at EU level are needed.

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A European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage – Innovative tools for the study, conservation and restoration of heritage objects

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Code: 34413 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-ECCCH-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 18/06/2024 | End submission calls: 22/01/2025

This topic aims at developing and implementing a set of innovative tools and methods on the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) based on the digital twins of cultural heritage objects stored in the ECCCH, for the study, conservation and restoration of cultural heritage objects. Concrete applications of these tools and methods should be provided for at least the following uses:
- Supporting the study of cultural heritage objects
- Supporting conservation and restoration works
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A European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage – Innovative tools for high-value interactions with visitors and heritage objects

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Code: 34411 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-ECCCH-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 18/06/2024 | End submission calls: 22/01/2025

This topic aims at developing and implementing a set of innovative tools and methods on the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) for high-quality interactions with visitors and cultural heritage objects. Concrete applications of these tools and methods should be provided for at least the following uses:
- Creating, sharing and re-using interactive content
- Analysing, designing and testing interactions with visitors
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A European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage – Innovative tools for advanced data enrichment

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Code: 34409 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-ECCCH-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 18/06/2024 | End submission calls: 22/01/2025

This topic aims at developing and implementing a set of innovative tools and methods on the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) for advanced data enrichment. Concrete applications of these tools and methods should be provided for at least the following uses:
- Metadata enrichment
- Embedding scientific and professional value as well as IP and other associated rights throughout the digital content production chain
- Collaboration- and business models based on the multi-actor value chain
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A European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage – Innovative tools for documenting, interlinking and organising data

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Code: 34407 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-ECCCH-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 18/06/2024 | End submission calls: 22/01/2025

This topic aims at developing and implementing a set of innovative tools and methods on the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) for documenting, interlinking and organising data. Concrete applications of these tools and methods should be provided for at least the following uses:
- Creating, enriching and refining annotated bibliographies
- Documenting the results of fieldwork such as archaeological or paleontological excavations or other collection processes and studies
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A European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage – Innovative tools for digitisation and analysis of dynamic processes, objects and complex combined data

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Code: 34405 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-ECCCH-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 18/06/2024 | End submission calls: 22/01/2025

This topic aims at developing and implementing a set of innovative tools and methods on the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) for digitisation and analysis of dynamic processes, objects and complex combined data. Concrete applications of these tools and methods should be provided for at least the following uses:
- Digitising dynamic objects, processes and practices
- Monitoring the evolving status of cultural heritage objects over time
- Interacting with, cross-mixing and re-mixing different data types
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EIT Urban Mobility -Business Plan 2023-2025 - Master School and Fellowship Academy Open Call (MS) - Mobility for more liveable urban spaces

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Code: 34391 | Identifier Code: EITUM-BP23-25 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 25/07/2024 | End submission calls: 10/10/2024

This Open Call focuses on a series of specific activity areas aimed at meeting the EIT Urban Mobility Master School and Fellowship targets, including Summer Schools, new urban mobility related Master programmes that have the potential to be integrated into the EIT Urban Mobility Master School and obtain the EIT Label, new universities joining existing EIT Urban Mobility Master programmes, and existing Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) programmes at Master level aligned with the EIT Label Handbook for EIT Fellowships criteria with the potential to join the EIT Urban Mobility I&E Fellowship.

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Advanced real-time data analysis used for infrastructure resilience

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Code: 34360 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-INFRA-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

Projects’ results under this topic, are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes:
- Improved capabilities for risk and faulty events identification in infrastructure networks and smart cities through real-time analysis (including big data) by public and private actors via secured and trusted platforms and interconnected systems where the collaboration follows clear legal and political frameworks.
- Tools and processes for facilitating stakeholders efforts to identify, analyse, assess and continuously monitor risks and boost adaptive capacity to unexpected events risks in advance by allowing for the analysis of various data sources (e.g. audio, video, social media, web-content, spatial information, sensor or machine generated data).
- Fast and continuous real-time identification, classification and tracking of hazardous agents, contaminants or anomalies in infrastructure networks and supply-chains.
- Interoperable interfaces and improved collaboration between infrastructure operation detection and response systems, national/EU risk management/coordination centres and first responder equipment in order to allow for remote on-scene operations considering citizen knowledge.
- Increased cyber-resilience of industrial xG networks and cloud data covering specific infrastructure domains.
- Improved ability to map in real-time the source(s) of risk factors that could endanger the networked infrastructure supported by Earth Observation and geolocation data.
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Resilient and secure urban planning and new tools for EU territorial entities

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Code: 34358 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-INFRA-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

This topic concentrates on resilient and secure urban planning and new tools for EU territorial entities.

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Open Topic

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Code: 34356 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-INFRA-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

Under the Open Topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions for enhanced interactions among the scientific community, practitioners, city’s risk managers of major crises and citizens or local communities in the event of (natural or man-made) disasters, that are not covered by the other topics of Calls Resilient Infrastructure 2021-2022, 2023, 2024.

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Detection and tracking of illegal and trafficked goods

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Code: 34354 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

European customs need improved capabilities that allow bettering and automatically detecting from traces; interpreting images from scanned cargo; interpreting data; tracking goods; and/or identifying anomalies that support the detection of threats, smuggling or illicit trade eliminating or minimizing disruption to the trade flow. The proposed system should hence advance and/or combine as much as possible the components of detection, tracking and risk-based anticipation.

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Integrated risk-based border control that mitigates public security risk, reduces false positives and strengthens privacy

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Code: 34352 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

The solution(s) proposed under this topic should allow easier and more flexible allocation and change of resources in border checks, for example to meet seasonal peaks. A possible use case is that of roll-on-roll-off ferries. That situation may generate long queues for border and security checks, while often being seasonal. A proposed solution should help perform border checks, as well improve the speed for detecting threats in vehicles, such as weapons and explosives, without people coming out of vehicles and without slowing down (dis)embarkment off or onto roll-on-roll-off ferries.

In any case, the proposed solution(s) should consider both the travellers and the goods accompanying them.

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Advanced user-friendly, compatible, secure identity and travel document management

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Code: 34350 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

Authentication of documents is relevant for border management, immigration or visa applications. Furthermore, it could also be relevant to combat other illicit activities, such as financial fraud. Facilitation of travel across external EU borders went and is further going through remarkable developments thanks to subsequent technological generations, and updated procedures and regulatory frameworks. From automated border control gates to “no-gate” solutions, and to “seamless travel”; from secure documents, to digitalised travel documents, and to “dematerialised travel documents” and “digital wallets”. All to ease border crossing for travellers, while maintaining border security against illicit or irregular crossings and protecting fundamental rights. This topic aims at exploring and developing enhanced capabilities for securely managing digitalised travel documents used for travel across external borders.

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Interoperability for border and maritime surveillance and situational awareness

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Code: 34348 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

This topic concentrates on interoperability for border and maritime surveillance as well as to the situational awareness. Specifically, projects’ results under this topic, are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes:
- Increased border surveillance capability, better performing and more cost-efficient, with data and fundamental rights protection by design.
- Improved surveillance and situational awareness of sea borders, but also of maritime infrastructures as harbours and commercial and civilian maritime security, including in key areas such as the Arctic.
- Improved multi-level, multi-authority and cross-border (among Member States and Associated Countries practitioners) collaboration thanks to better interoperability of sensing, analysis and C2 systems.
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Open Topic

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Code: 34346 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

Under the Open Topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions for enhanced interactions among the scientific community, practitioners, city’s risk managers of major crises and citizens or local communities in the event of (natural or man-made) disasters, that are not covered by the other topics of Calls Border Management 2021-2022, 2023, 2024.

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Cost-effective sustainable technologies and crisis management strategies for RN large-scale protection of population and infrastructures after a nuclear blast or nuclear facility incident

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Code: 34342 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

This topic concentrates on cost-effective sustainable technologies and crisis management strategies for RN large-scale protection of population and infrastructures after a nuclear blast or nuclear facility incident.

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Hi-tech capacities for crisis response and recovery after a natural-technological (NaTech) disaster

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Code: 34340 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

This topic concentrates on the creation of hi-tech capacities for crisis response and recovery after a natural-technological (NaTech) disaster.

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Harmonised / Standard protocols for the implementation of alert and impact forecasting systems as well as transnational emergency management in the areas of high-impact weather / climatic and geological disasters

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Code: 34334 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

This topic concentrates on harmonised/standard protocols for the implementation of alert and impact forecasting systems as well as transnational emergency management in the areas of high-impact weather / climatic and geological disasters.

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Open Topic

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Code: 34331 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

Under the Open Topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions for enhanced interactions among the scientific community, practitioners, city’s risk managers of major crises and citizens or local communities in the event of (natural or man-made) disasters, that are not covered by the other topics of Calls Disaster-Resilient Society 2021-2022, Call Disaster-Resilient Society 2023 and Call Disaster-Resilient Society 2024.

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Prevention, detection, response and mitigation of chemical, biological and radiological threats to agricultural production, feed and food processing, distribution and consumption

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Code: 34329 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

This topic concentrates on the prevention, detection, response and mitigation of chemical, biological and radiological threats to agricultural production, feed and food processing, distribution and consumption.

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Post-quantum cryptography transition

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Code: 34327 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

Projects’ results under this topic, are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes:
- Increasing the maturity of current post-quantum cryptographic algorithms and contribution to further standardisation.
- Easy-to-use tools for the large-scale implementation of post-quantum cryptographic algorithms, based on state-of-the-art standards.
- Secure and efficient transition from pre- to post-quantum encryption through tools implementing a hybrid approach combining recognised pre-quantum public key algorithms and additional post-quantum algorithms.
- Phase-in of post-quantum algorithms or protocols to new or existing applications.
- Demonstrators and good-practice implementations of post-quantum cryptographic algorithms on varied hardware and software platforms.
- Application-oriented recommendations for the widespread implementation of post-quantum cryptography across the EU.
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Approaches and tools for security in software and hardware development and assessment

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Code: 34325 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

This topic is focused on approaches and tools for security in software and hardware development and assessment.

Specifically, projects’ results under this topic, are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes:
- Improved hardware and software security engineering; resilient systems design.
- Improved access to testing of hardware and software in virtual, closed and secure environments.
- Systematic and, where possible, automated study of vulnerabilities, software analysis, vulnerability discovery, and dynamic security assessment.
- Trustworthy certifiable hardware and software.
- AI-based security services e.g. predictive security, advanced anomaly and intrusion detection, system health checks.
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Accelerating uptake through open proposals for advanced SME innovation

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Code: 34322 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-SSRI-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

Europe’s 25 million small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the EU economy. SMEs can bring innovation to societal challenges, including the security of EU citizens. Innovative SMEs and high-tech start-ups can transform and modernise EU security capabilities.
Knowing that SMEs require additional support to reach the security buyers and that the collaboration opportunities offered by the projects of the Pillar II of Horizon Europe can be a catalyst for uptake, this topic aims to offer a collaborative environment for small and medium innovators to tailor their innovations to the specific needs of civil security end-users.

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Demand-led innovation through public procurement

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Code: 34320 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-SSRI-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

Projects’ results under this topic are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes:
- An identifiable community of EU civil security authorities with common user/functional needs for innovative technology solutions.
- Tested and validated capacity of EU technology and industrial base to develop and produce technology prototypes that meet the needs of the EU user community.
- Improved delineation of the EU market (including demand and supply) for innovative civil security systems that can articulate alternative options for uptake in function of different industrialisation needs, commercialisation needs, acquisition needs, deployment needs and additional funding needs (beyond R&I funding).
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Tracing of cryptocurrencies transactions related to criminal purposes

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Code: 34317 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

Cryptocurrencies are a widely used method by criminals, including terrorists, to transfer or conceal funds due to their anonymity, ease of use and lack of international borders and restrictions (exactly same aspects that make use of traditional bank routes difficult for them).

This topic is focused on tracing of cryptocurrencies transactions related to criminal purposes.

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CBRN-E detection capacities in small architecture

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Code: 34315 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

Projects’ results under this topic are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- Improved vulnerability assessments by law enforcement and local managers of public spaces by detection of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRN-E) threats in the public spaces and flow of public transport, in order to provide broader situational awareness to practitioners in the field.
- Enhanced planning capabilities of security practitioners and policy-makers due to the access of new data and identification of potential vulnerabilities connected to the design/refurbishment and improvement of different public spaces.
- Recommendations are provided for further improving safety and security-by-design approach to public spaces and mass transportation systems.
- Improved training of Police Authorities in collaboration with different public and private actors (e. g., crisis management and civil protection authorities, fire brigades, regulatory agencies, emergency health services, security managers, private security organisations, civil society groups etc.) to enhance their preparedness to attacks on public spaces.
- Enhanced modelling capabilities for security practitioners and policy-makers due to the identification of potential new vulnerabilities and data available, and improved support to planning of respective resources and activities.
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Open Topic

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Code: 34311 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

Under the Open Topic, proposals are welcome to address both existing and upcoming challenges in fighting crimes strongly influenced by cultural and/or societal issues that are not covered by the other topics of Horizon Europe Calls Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2021-2022, Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2023 and Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2024.

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Combating hate speech online and offline

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Code: 34309 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

Hate speech has harmful impacts on the individual victims, or groups of victims, but also on our society at large. This topic is focused on combating hate speeches.

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Radicalisation and gender

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Code: 34305 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

Terrorism resulting from radicalisation and violent extremism is a serious threat to European security.

Projects’ results under this topic are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes:
- Improved understanding of motivation of women and girls for supporting extremist ideologies, such as grievance and stigmatisation.
- Improved understanding of the role of masculinity in men and boys’ motivation for the support of extreme ideologies.
- Better understanding of the group dynamics at play during processes of radicalisation, including factors for factionalism and potential splinters in terrorist organisations.
- Development of strategies aimed at enhancing the use of motivation factor in detection, prevention and de-radicalisation efforts.
- European Police Authorities, Prison Authorities, social care workers, teachers and other P/CVE practitioners benefit from modern and validated tools, skills and training curricula to identify early symptoms of radicalisation.
- Identification and assessment of best practices that are transferable across Member States improving and developing modules and trainings, strengthening adaption of local community policing in diverse communities.
- Design girls and women’s empowerment approaches through legal, financial and/or cultural means aimed at tackling the root causes of radicalisation and extremism.
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Lawful evidence collection in online child sexual abuse investigations, including undercover

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Code: 34303 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

This topic focuses on the lawful evidence collection in online child sexual abuse investigations, including undercover investigation techniques.

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Open Topic

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Code: 34301 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

Under the Open Topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive forensic solutions for fighting crime and terrorism, that are not covered by the other topics of Horizon Europe Calls Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2021-2022, Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2023 and Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2024.

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Mitigating new threats and adapting investigation strategies in the era of Internet of Things

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Code: 34299 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 20/11/2024

This topic is focused on the mitigation of new threats, adapting investigation strategies in the era of Internet of Things.
The successful proposal under this topic, should help Police Authorities understand the implications of the fast-developing IoT environment in order to keep pace with the evolution of its applications, recognise and tackle the emerging (digital and especially physical) threats that this may pose.

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EIT Urban Mobility -Business Plan 2023-2025- Regional Innovation Scheme Urban Mobility Specialists (RISUMS) Open Call 2025- Mobility for more liveable urban spaces

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Code: 34265 | Identifier Code: EITUM-BP23-25 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 04/07/2024 | End submission calls: 30/09/2024

This Call for Proposals, Regional Innovation Scheme Urban Mobility Specialists (RISUMS), aims to select the strongest proposals that will deliver activities to support the RIS strategy in the selected regions and countries in all fields of activity, such as enlarging the network, scouting and supporting new talents or products, and deploying new solutions.

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The EIT Community New European Bauhaus (NEB) - Business Plan 2023-2025 - EIT Community Connect NEB: Citizen-generated solutions and initiatives to advance sustainability, beauty and inclusivity - Open Call 2025

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Code: 34263 | Identifier Code: Strategic Synergies | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 04/07/2024 | End submission calls: 26/09/2024

The overall purpose of this call is to activate citizen generated solutions and initiatives to resolve challenges facing European cities and peri-urban and rural areas to facilitate the exchange of knowledge between people and to create citizen generated transdisciplinary projects that address sustainability, quality of experience and inclusiveness.

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EIT Community Connect NEB: Local communities and public authorities building sustainable, beautiful and inclusive public space - 2025

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Code: 34261 | Identifier Code: Strategic Synergies | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 04/07/2024 | End submission calls: 10/10/2024

The primary focus of the Co-create NEB Call for Proposals is to co-create and build sustainable, beautiful and inclusive public space and demonstrate new solutions to boost the transformation of our cities and peri-urban and rural areas.

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Strengthening the sustainability and resilience of EU space infrastructure

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Code: 34250 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 16/10/2024

The overall goal of this Challenge is to support the development of innovations that will strengthen the protection of EU space infrastructure.

The specific goals of this challenge are:
1. development of technologies for space debris mitigation and active debris removal;
2. concepts for in-space recycling of dysfunctional orbital assets;
3. innovations for protecting EU space infrastructure.
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Nanoelectronics for energy-efficient smart edge devices

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Code: 34248 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 16/10/2024

The overall goal of this challenge is to explore novel materials and beyond CMOS devices, non-von Neumann architectures and alternative information processing paradigms to drastically reduce energy consumption in order to meet application-specific needs of smart edge devices and circuits.

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Nature inspired alternatives for food packaging and films for agriculture

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Code: 34246 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 16/10/2024

This Pathfinder Challenge aims to support ambitious interdisciplinary research that will lead to the development and production of sustainable nature inspired alternatives for food packaging and agricultural production such as, but not limited to, greenhouse and mulch films. These materials must have a reduced environmental impact, through design and production, while delivering the functional characteristics of plastics.

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Towards cement and concrete as a carbon sink

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Code: 34243 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 16/10/2024

One default pathway to decarbonize cement is to capture and store CO2 of current production processes (CCS). Technologies for CCS are in development and expected to increase the cost of cement. To avoid additional costs of future emissions as much as possible, accelerated deep-tech innovations are needed to fully negate or even absorb emissions by the sector in future. The breakthrough innovations sought with this Pathfinder Challenge aim to be more cost effective than CCS. Moreover, this Pathfinder Challenge encourages breakthrough innovations that utilize CO2. Such innovations can play an important role in future CCUS economies, and trigger future revenue opportunities for the sector by offering negative emissions at scale.

This Pathfinder Challenge seeks to support breakthrough innovations and (alternative) pathways for decarbonized and carbon-negative cement and concrete.

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Solar-to-X devices for the decentralized prosumption of renewable fuels, chemicals and materials as climate change mitigation pathway

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Code: 34241 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 16/10/2024

The objective is to make progress towards synthetic fuels and chemicals technologies which integrate all necessary conversion steps into a single device, and which are solely and directly driven by solar energy.

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The European Innovation Procurement Awards 2025

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Code: 34224 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2024-PRIZE-EIPA | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/06/2024 | End submission calls: 26/09/2024

The European Innovation Procurement Awards 2025 aim to recognise public and private buyers, natural persons and those legal entities supporting practices across Europe in their efforts to promote and stimulate both procurement of innovative solutions and the innovative ways the solutions are procured. It also aims to demonstrate how innovation procurement positively transforms society and the economy by not only creating new and sustainable markets, but also by tackling societal challenges such as green energy transition.

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ERC Starting Grant

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Code: 34222 | Identifier Code: ERC-2025-STG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 10/07/2024 | End submission calls: 15/10/2024

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.

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ERC Synergy Grants

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Code: 34183 | Identifier Code: ERC-2025-SyG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 11/07/2024 | End submission calls: 06/11/2024

The aim of the ERC Synergy Grants 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.

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EU Prize for Women Innovators

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Code: 34178 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2024-PRIZE-EPWI | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/06/2024 | End submission calls: 25/09/2024

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 two prize categories:
- The Women Innovators prize
- The Rising Innovators prize
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EIT Food Impact Funding Framework

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Code: 34170 | Identifier Code: EITFood BP23-25 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 21/06/2024 | End submission calls: 10/07/2024

EIT Food is dedicated to creating lasting and sustainable change in the food system. EIT has launched a competitive, open Impact Funding Framework to promote ambitious, long-term collaboration that will lead to food systems change to benefit us all and it is looking for proposals from consortia based around lead organisations who can work effectively, move quickly, and are supported by high-quality research, communications and impact assessment expertise.

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Mutual learning and support scheme for national and regional innovation programmes

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Code: 34093 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2024-CONNECT-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 06/06/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

This topic focuses on mutual learning and support scheme for national and regional innovation programmes.

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Expanding Academia-Enterprise Collaborations

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Code: 34091 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2024-CONNECT-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 06/06/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

The action should foster the creation of innovation ecosystems with educational and research institutions, or strengthen their existing links. Additionally, the action supports co-designed programmes of activities of at least two (2) years, proposed jointly by educational institutions, research institutions, and other R&I actors from ‘emerging’ and ‘moderate’ innovation ecosystems and the private sector from innovation hubs (‘strong innovators’ and ‘innovation leaders’), to ensure better connectedness between higher education institutions and research organisation with other actors of innovation ecosystems.

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Trans-national cooperation among Marie Skłodowska-Curie National Contact Points (NCP) 2024

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Code: 34087 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2024-NCP-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/05/2024 | End submission calls: 04/09/2024

The objective is to facilitate the trans-national co-operation between National Contact Points (NCPs) for the MSCA, including those established in Third Countries, with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to applicants, taking into account the diversity of actors and experiences.

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Harnessing the multifunctional potential of soil biodiversity for healthy cropping systems

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Code: 34057 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-SOIL-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 08/05/2024 | End submission calls: 08/10/2024

Below ground biodiversity plays a major role in soil structure, nutrient supply, water cycling, nutrient uptake by plants, and in the biocontrol of plant pests and diseases. The interactions between communities of soil organisms, crops and their environment (holobiont) profoundly influence crop, soil and agroecosystem health and productivity. Notably, the interplay between soil fauna, soil microbial community, soil chemistry, and plant immune responses can be enhanced to harness the potential of soil ecosystem to defend against pathogens, pests and other detrimental organisms and to promote plant health and productivity. By managing soil ecosystems to enhance soil health through farming practices (e.g., crop rotation, use of microbiome solutions, etc.), it is possible to support plant defences, suppress diseases, improve nutrient availability and enhance plant resilience to various stressors. In addition, agricultural sustainability will be increased and contribute to climate change mitigation.

There is a need to develop, test and deploy management practices that, by enhancing soil health, will facilitate, for instance, the management of soil-borne plant pests and diseases (e.g., bacteria, fungi, nematodes, root-feeding insects), and support ground nesting pollinators.

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Soil health, pollinators and key ecosystem functions

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Code: 34053 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-SOIL-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 08/05/2024 | End submission calls: 08/10/2024

Pollination is a key ecosystem service for crops and food production. Therefore, a specific focus on pollinating insects is required. Many solitary wasps and 70% of wild bees nest below ground and require protection during this crucial period of their lifecycle.

Projects results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- Improved knowledge and understanding of the biology and ecology of insect species spending part of their life cycle on or in the soil, with specific focus on ground-nesting pollinators.
- Better understanding of the major causes of the decline of these insects and the synergistic effects of various threats, including the quantitative and qualitative aspects related to the magnitude of their decline.
- More effective measures to tackle the loss of soil-dependent insects.
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Systems to quantify nitrogen fluxes and uncertainties in European landscapes

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Code: 34050 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-SOIL-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 08/05/2024 | End submission calls: 08/10/2024

Soil-derived gaseous nitrogen emissions from agriculture are often overlooked due to challenges in monitoring. A comprehensive assessment of both gaseous and non-gaseous nitrogen losses, including their geographical distribution and varying temporal resolution, is essential to inform effective greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation strategies and encourage the adoption of higher Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) tiers at the national level.

Nitrogen losses are highly episodic, and the current temporal and spatial resolution of information regarding nitrogen dynamics across Europe is insufficient for a comprehensive estimation of the full nitrogen budget at a continental scale. The most commonly used methodology for measuring N-flux involves discontinuous flux measurements accompanied by standard gap-filling methods, which lead to large uncertainties and biased emission factors. Additionally, most existing observations focus on temperate zones and single flux exit pathways, neglecting the full spectrum of nitrogen forms, including both gaseous and non-gaseous forms across different climatic conditions. Data and observations are particularly lacking in the Mediterranean basin and some nitrogen transformation pathways are not well investigated. To address these gaps, accurate information must be acquired, which will facilitate the development of effective management strategies that effectively minimise total nitrogen losses from soil. Additionally, this information will improve the parameterization and validation of models and increase the confidence of model predictions when scaled to the continental level. This will ultimately lead to a more refined and accurate estimation of nitrogen surplus, enrich existing dashboard estimates, and further support the evaluation of the effectiveness of management strategies, and guide future research and policy decisions related to mitigation efforts.

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Towards a dynamic monitoring system to assess status and spatiotemporal changes of soil erosion at European scale

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Code: 34048 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-SOIL-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 08/05/2024 | End submission calls: 08/10/2024

Current EU/European estimates on soil loss by water and wind erosion are long-term averages performed with empirical models, which, in agricultural areas, are subject to huge uncertainties. Improved estimates would contribute to developing a process-based model, which can incorporate management practices and their potential for reducing soil loss by water, and wind erosion in agricultural fields and facilitate the adoption of the best practices. Other processes such as tillage erosion or gullies can also be considered.
Existing partially explicit parcel data (e.g., LPIS-GSA), data from the EU Land use and land cover survey (LUCAS) and the latest updates from the COPERNICUS platform could/should be used to improve current pan-European modelling frameworks.

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Living Labs in urban areas for healthy soils

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Code: 34046 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-SOIL-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 08/05/2024 | End submission calls: 08/10/2024

Urbanization is a challenge for soil health, due to construction and infrastructure development that entails, among other, land take, soil sealing, contamination or compaction. Against this background and by working together on common challenges, actors in living labs in urban areas will be able to replicate actions and solutions, compare results, exchange good practices, validate methodologies, benefit from cross-fertilisation, and connect with their local/regional ecosystem.

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Co-creating solutions for soil health in Living Labs

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Code: 34044 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-SOIL-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 08/05/2024 | End submission calls: 08/10/2024

The Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ proposes a novel approach to research and innovation in the area of soil health, including the implementation of living labs.

For the purpose of the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, soil health living labs are defined as “user-centred, place-based and transdisciplinary research and innovation ecosystems, which involve land managers, scientists and other relevant partners in systemic research and co-design, testing, monitoring and evaluation of solutions, in real-life settings, to improve their effectiveness for soil health and accelerate adoption”.

Living labs are thus collaborations between multiple actors that operate and undertake experiments on several sites at regional or sub-regional level. Individual sites could be, e.g., farms, forest stands, urban green or industrial areas, enterprises and other locations, where the work is carried out and monitored under real-life conditions.

Lighthouses, in contrast, are defined as “places for demonstration of solutions, training and communication that are exemplary in their performance in terms of soil health improvement”. They are individual, local sites (one farm, one forest exploitation, one industrial site, one urban city green area, etc.) that either can be part of a living lab or be situated outside a living lab.

According to the Mission Implementation Plan, living labs involve actors from different backgrounds, disciplines and/or sectors and are composed of 10 to 20 experimental sites. However, depending on the specific context (e.g., the land use(s), the soil health challenge(s) addressed), applicants can propose living labs with fewer experimental sites.

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Size & weight reduction of cell and packaging of batteries system, integrating lightweight and functional materials, innovative thermal management and safe and sustainable by design approach (Batt4EU Partnership)

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Code: 34042 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

This topic focuses on delivering a safe and sustainable by design approach for batteries reduced in size and weight which will deliver the performance necessary for mobile applications. The objective is to ruggedise energy storage packs by enlarging the environmental and operational conditions in which they can operate, while maintaining a high level of performance and achieving a reduction in the size and weight of the battery pack.

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Post-Li-ion technologies and relevant manufacturing techniques for mobility applications (Generation 5) (Batt4EU Partnership)

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Code: 34039 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

This topic aims at developing:
- Generation 5 technologies for mobility applications.
- Relevant manufacturing techniques which are affecting performance, safety and costs.
- Cell designs which will allow for full and easy recyclability at the end of their life.
This topic also aims at evaluating the possible manufacturing compatibility with existing lithium-ion production infrastructure.
Proposals should address improvements in sustainable materials designs to reach the manufacturability and high safety of the selected Generation 5 technology for mobility applications.

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Sustainable high-throughput production processes for stable lithium metal anodes for next generation batteries (Batt4EU Partnership)

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Code: 34037 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

As Li metal anodes will be needed for the Gen 4b, Gen 4c and Gen 5 batteries, It is important to create a European production chain for their manufacturing, in order to guarantee secure supply chains for the next generation battery producers with a focus on high performance and recyclability for Gen 4b, Gen4c or Gen5 cells.
Therefore this topic is focused on sustainable high-throughput production processes for stable lithium metal anodes for next generation batteries.

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EU Member States/Associated countries research policy cooperation network to accelerate zero-emission road mobility (2ZERO Partnership)

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Code: 34034 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

This topic focuses on the EU Member States/Associated countries research policy cooperation network, to accelerate zero-emission road mobility.

A framework for cooperation will enhance the efforts to achieve this pan-European challenge by joining forces, sharing knowledge, bundling financial resources and coordinating activities, creating complementarities, coherence and building synergies across the EU (e.g. 2ZERO partnership) and EU Member States (MS) and Associated Countries (AC)´s R&I funding programmes, national plans, efforts, approaches and in collaboration with the Associated Countries.

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A new framework to improve traffic safety culture in the EU

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Code: 34031 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

A Safe System entails the understanding and managing of all elements of the transport system, including the behaviour and interplay of its actors. Comparative analysis shows persistent differences in road safety performances between EU Member States/Associated countries. These differences may be attributable to differences in culture, which are hard to explain with classical risk models. Efforts should therefore be made to complement road safety initiatives by a safety culture perspective, i.e., the values, beliefs, priorities and viewpoints shared among groups of road users and stakeholders that influence their decisions to behave or act in ways that affect safety, while also considering energy consumption.

Assessing road safety cultures in different national, regional or local systems, groups and organisations is believed to help understanding and explaining different patterns of risk perception and risk taking across communities and countries – and can likewise inform tailored interventions for these (sub-)cultures, which all come with their specific norms, values, beliefs and behaviours (including gender-related behavioural patterns). These interventions should address all relevant actors in the system for road transport of people and goods, and consider future developments, such as potential impacts by increasing automation levels or by the introduction of new means of road transport such as e-scooters and hoverboards.

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Effects of disruptive changes in transport: towards resilient, safe and energy efficient mobility

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Code: 34029 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

The importance of a robust transport systems becomes highly evident in times of rapid, changes that are neither planned, scheduled nor predicted. The COVID-19 pandemic has pointed at several issues (e.g. delivery of essential goods, ensuring uninterrupted and safe public transport operations for essential workers etc.) that need to be addressed to secure future resilience of the transport system and to ensure that the level of transport safety is not only maintained, but also meeting more demanding targets. For instance, the decreased use of public transport during the pandemic has to some extent led to increases in both biking and walking, but also an increased use of cars in some parts of the world. At the same time, decreased traveling has meant fewer vehicles on the roads in certain areas, whereas others have seen an increase of delivery vehicles, as home deliveries have surged. Likewise, the current energy market realities have made even more pressing the need of an energy efficient mobility system that could absorb disruptions in the fuel supply chain.

Digital tools/services and new transport means (e.g. urban air mobility and micro mobility), new ways how to use the infrastructure (e.g. even more shared spaces with different types of vehicles, both highly automated and manually controlled) in a more energy efficient manner and new behaviour should be included in the research.

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Ensuring the safety, resilience and security of waterborne digital systems

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Code: 34027 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

Increasingly, modern waterborne transport relies upon smart digital and connected systems to ensure safe and efficient operation. Waterborne digital system can be vulnerable to both malicious intervention and the consequences of system failure. The challenge to assure the safety and resilience of digital systems is particularly important within large complex vessels where the level of integration and connectivity is high and where the consequences of failure can be particularly severe. Therefore, the topic is focused on ensuring the safety, resilience and security of waterborne digital systems.

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Policies and governance shaping the future transport and mobility systems

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Code: 34025 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

Governance, policies and incentives play an important role in shaping transport and mobility systems and influence the development and implementation of different technologies and modes of transport (e.g. walking, cycling, public transport and rail). It is therefore important to study how policies and regulations could be best used to govern transport and mobility systems in desired directions, so that they become more sustainable and just, for instance with regard to gender, place, or low-income households, as well as their fiscal impacts.

In addition, the COVID-19 crisis has significantly altered commuting habits; remote and telework have become widespread together with other flexible work arrangements. The true impact of these changes on gas emissions and on the well-being of people as well as on the real-estate market (offices) are not known. This is now an opportunity to leverage on an ongoing change in habits that could result in significant GHG reduction.

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Improved transport infrastructure performance – Innovative digital tools and solutions to monitor and improve the management and operation of transport infrastructure

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Code: 34021 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

Innovative digital tools and solutions will allow to upgrade transport infrastructure ensuring an improved performance and safety, together with a reduction of emissions and better inclusiveness. Increasing the performance of multi-modal transport infrastructure can be achieved through improving the efficiency of the assets and by the cross-modal data management. Digital solutions are key to reduce drastically disruptions in traffic flows, increase transport efficiency and lower its dependency on fossil fuels.

Transport infrastructure needs to be capable of harvesting the benefits from digitalisation at management and operations levels, as well as in relation with the user. Digitalisation can support the achievement of sustainability targets and provide a better service to infrastructure end users, including enhanced public transport services. Digital technologies, such as big data, the Internet of Things, Digital Twins, together with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques provide a great potential for developing mobility solutions.

The integration between transport infrastructure and digital technologies will help achieve personalised seamless passenger and freight journeys transport across different transport modes. This integration will consider safety and security starting from the design phase, while simultaneously automating and accelerating the decision process at every level from maintenance to traffic management.

Special attention should be given to the accessibility of new digital tools from persons with disabilities and older persons, in order to ensure that this segment of the population is also able to participate fully and benefit from digital progress. As set by the Green Deal, priorities should be given for projects allowing modal shift from road to more sustainable mode such rail and inland waterways.

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Scaling up logistics innovations supporting freight transport decarbonisation in an affordable way

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Code: 34019 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

Building on previously funded projects and ongoing activities (e.g. Connecting Europe Facility, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects), ensuring compliance with the data sharing framework pursued by the Digital Transport and Logistics Forum (DTLF), and taking into account the development of the common European mobility data space, proposals will pilot, demonstrate and scale up systemic collaborative solutions regarding logistics nodes, multimodal logistics networks connectivity, business and governance models. The focus will be on both digital and physical interoperability as well as on the adoption of zero-emission vehicles/vessels.

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Optimising multimodal network and traffic management, harnessing data from infrastructures, mobility of passengers and freight transport

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Code: 34017 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

Optimised multimodal network and traffic management is essential for an efficient transport network and seamless door-to-door mobility of passengers and freight. Such advanced capabilities need to be supported by harnessing data from physical and digital infrastructures, as well as from the mobility of passengers and freight, involving different types of vehicles, rolling stock, aircraft and vessels (including zero-emission, connected and automated), technologies and the use of innovative services. At the same time, novel forms of mobility (e.g. shared, micro-mobility or even hyperloop) and new services (e.g. Mobility as a Service) present new challenges, but also great opportunities for enhanced management and optimisation of the transport network. This includes advances to fully utilise dynamic and interoperable data exchange from multiple actors and transport modes, for well-tested and validated systems and operations, with appropriate governance arrangements in place.

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Robust Knowledge and Know-How transfer for Key-Deployment Pathways and implementation of the EU-CEM (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 34015 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

A common basis for CCAM Knowledge in Europe is available today with the online CCAM Knowledge Base which constitutes a one stop shop for all relevant R&I initiatives, tools, methodologies, regulations and standards in the field. The Knowledge Base should be expanded and further adapted to the needs of all relevant stakeholders. Results and lessons learned from the EU, national and international projects should be made available and accessible to targeted user groups. Proposed actions should in particular provide support for stakeholders to move into operations by identifying key building blocks and standards for deploying pilot services and enable capacity building for key actors of different use cases /applications domains as well as for citizens and non-experts on how to use CCAM systems and services and to become aware of new developments and related risks.

The EU Common Evaluation Methodology (EU-CEM) developed in project “FAME” funded under CL5-2021-D6-01-06 aims at becoming the basic methodology for all CCAM related evaluations to support collaboration, exchange and harmonisation. The methodology will need to be implemented for existing and innovative use cases by CCAM projects and aligned with national mobility strategies and approaches. Training programmes for CCAM projects will be necessary to integrate the methodology and to collect feedback on lessons learned during its implementation.

A States Representatives Group (SRG) has been created within the CCAM Partnership to ensure a continuous dialogue at European and national level for the sharing of information on CCAM R&I to increase coordination between European and national R&I funding schemes, and among national programmes. To carry out its mission efficiently, the SRG will need support to collect and analyse information on national R&I initiatives and to implement cooperation activities.

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AI for advanced and collective perception and decision making for CCAM applications (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 34012 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

To integrate and tackle complex traffic scenarios, CCAM technologies will require highly advanced decision-making based on enhanced collective awareness – the stage beyond on-board perception, advancing, incorporating information from multiple sources and including interpretation for the aggregation of this information. Developing collective awareness should take into account the state of the vehicle, the driver and the road user environment. It can also involve the tracking of other road users’ behaviour and generating predictions on a short horizon, which can be based on the input from advanced behavioural models, e.g. those developed within CL5-2022-D6-01-03 projects. The integration of these findings will lead to collective awareness for CCAM.

The use of multiple sources (sensors and sensor fused information, maps, infrastructure, other road users, and localisation systems) and the sharing of the overall situational information and related intentions of the vehicle and that of its direct environment will be an important building block towards collective awareness. Collective awareness should create a larger time window in safety critical situations and generate benefits for the overarching mobility system, which include efficient traffic management and improved traffic flow as it incorporates situation prediction capabilities and environmental benefits (which can eventually include e.g. smart charging strategies).

In order to continue to define the role and limits of AI and of emerging new developments within AI, this topic recommends exploring Hybrid Intelligence (HI) as such a new subset of AI. Hybrid Intelligence is the process of developing and mobilising Artificial Intelligence (AI) to expand on human intelligence and expertise, thereby ensuring human-like control of CCAM operations. Applying an HI approach will allow CCAM technologies to integrate human expertise and intentionality into its decision-making in order to generate meaningful and appropriate actions that are aligned with ethical, legal and societal values.

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Orchestration of heterogeneous actors in mixed traffic within the CCAM ecosystem (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 34010 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

The aim is to advance on the orchestration of heterogeneous actors in mixed traffic by building on, linking and integrating the following streams of research results and innovation challenges.

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Scenario-based safety assurance of CCAM and related HMI in a dynamically evolving transport system (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 34008 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

To ensure the safety of CCAM, it is essential that vehicles are not only safe during the (first) type approval, but also during their complete lifetime in a fast-changing road transport system. Changes can result from the evolution of the CCAM system itself, for example, as a result of increasing connectivity using V2X communication, the use of AI-based systems, and OTA (over-the-air) software updates.

Until full automation in transport is reached, the human driver will keep on playing an essential role. Also, the interaction with other road users will change, supported by technologies that allow a CCAM system to communicate its intentions to other road users.

As a consequence of these innovations and developments, the safe deployment of CCAM systems needs an extension of the safety validation procedures and certification schemes, taking advanced human-machine interaction and a continuous in-service monitoring approach into account. Due to the many different scenarios and variations that can occur realistically and that consequently need to be tested, it should be possible that a large part of the assessment is performed in a virtual simulation environment.

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Centralised, reliable, cyber-secure & upgradable in-vehicle electronic control architectures for CCAM connected to the cloud-edge continuum (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 34006 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

This topic is related with the centralised, reliable, cyber-secure & upgradable in-vehicle electronic control architectures for CCAM connected to the cloud-edge continuum.

A complete redesign of the in-vehicle control architecture is needed, combining innovations at hardware, software and data levels in the vehicle and in connection with distributed intelligence in the edge-cloud continuity.

It should build on a centralised e.g. zonal or domain-based layout using distributed high-performance computing for connecting sensing and actuation systems with software updates over the air, big data flows and AI at the edge, resulting in a novel and upgradable electronic in-vehicle control scheme for safe and efficient automated driving functions and tele-operations.

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Talent ecosystems for attractive early research careers – pilot

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Code: 34003 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2024 | End submission calls: 25/09/2024

This action particularly supports whole organisations and innovation ecosystems to implement the standards for attractive research careers laid down in the Charter for Researchers. A special focus is placed on organisational change in support of early career researchers, to offer them more and better career opportunities, including through strengthened coordination of measures at European, national, and regional level and increased cooperation between academia, industry, government and public sector.

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Science comes to town

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Code: 34001 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2024 | End submission calls: 25/09/2024

The new European Research Area (ERA) has the engagement of citizens, local communities and civil society at its core, seeking greater societal impact and increased trust in science. This action supports ERA Policy Agenda (2022-2024) action 14 – ‘Bring science closer to citizens’ through broad and inclusive engagement of all relevant stakeholders in a range of activities with a view to increasing the understanding, acceptance, uptake and impact of R&I in society.

The action supports a consortium involving cities to host a coordinated joint 1-year programme with focus on connecting citizens and scientists in the participating cities and beyond, including the following: A year-long programme of various events and activities, such as lectures, workshops, exhibitions, competitions or prizes, in the spirit of the European Capital of Culture or the European Green Capital, that highlights the contribution of science to society and the results of R&I projects supported by national/regional/EU funds, including the Horizon Europe programme.

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Experimentation and exchange of good practices for value creation

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Code: 33998 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2024 | End submission calls: 25/09/2024

To bring existing good practices in knowledge valorisation to support value creation across Europe, we need more experimentation, peer learning and testing of new models as well as trying out good practices in different environments.

Replication and adaptation of best practices is a powerful way to support the design, implementation and evaluation of knowledge valorisation investments and measures that enhance the quality and extent of knowledge uptake at all levels. It involves identifying and taking inspiration from best practices developed across Europe, engaging in an exchange of experiences with peers and connecting to new partners, as well as driving and supporting the set-up of new measures or the reform of existing ones.

Researchers can play an important role in engaging with citizens and bringing research results into communities that need innovative solutions. This can contribute to making research results more adapted to the needs of citizens and communities, and strengthen the uptake of research by society benefitting both the research communities and the citizens as users and co-creators.

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Overcoming barriers and delivering innovative solutions to enable the green transition

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Code: 33991 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-02-3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/05/2024 | End submission calls: 24/09/2024

Under this topic, proposals should seek to address new, upcoming or unforeseen challenges related to barriers towards the green transition and propose creative or disruptive solutions to overcome them that are not covered by the other topics of Horizon Europe Cluster 6 calls in Work Programmes 2021-2022 and 2023-2024.

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Closing the research gaps on Essential Biogeochemical Ocean Variables (EOVs) in support of global assessments

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Code: 33989 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-02-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/05/2024 | End submission calls: 24/09/2024

This topic focuses on the procedure of closing the research gaps on Essential Biogeochemical Ocean Variables (EOVs).

Successful proposal results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Improved key biogeochemical ocean monitoring variables and indicators and to foster the development of regional approaches to ocean climate monitoring and reporting, overcoming current limitations and gaps;
- Improved Earth System Models representing key biogeochemical processes in the ocean with reduced uncertainty of climate change projections at regional scales, and reduced biases.
- Better understanding of the links between the ocean’s physical, biogeochemical and biodiversity components and their variability over time; the impacts of environmental stressors on ocean health, GHG sources and sinks, biology and ecosystems.
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New knowledge and innovations for climate-smart farming - connecting research stations

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Code: 33987 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-02-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/05/2024 | End submission calls: 24/09/2024

This topic is focused on new knowledge and innovations for climate-smart farming – connecting research stations.

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- The knowledge base of climate-smart farming practices is significantly expanded beyond the state of the art;
- Additional effective and innovative approaches for climate-smart agriculture in plant and animal production are developed and assessed in real conditions with all relevant actors involved;
- The widespread adoption by farmers of new knowledge, skills and innovative farming practices that mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) (in particular CO2, methane and nitrous oxide), and that foster adaptation of the sector to climate change, is accelerated.
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Future Engagement Model for the EOSC Federation

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Code: 33970 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 13/06/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

The work of this CSA should build on the (federation) services offered by the European Commission’s EOSC Core Platform and provide feedback and input for the evolution of the EOSC Core Services and the EOSC Exchange to ensure a wider uptake. In this context, the CSA will also assist with the update and promotion of the EOSC Interoperability Framework and assist in the set-up a process for its updates.

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Assessing the state of research infrastructures in Ukraine

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Code: 33968 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-DEV-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 13/06/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

This topic supports the assessment of the state of RIs in Ukraine, the identification of key needs and the development of an investment roadmap for RI reconstruction, closing the skills gap and facilitating well-connected R&I communities.

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Demonstration of approaches to improve bankability of solutions by design, addressing the co-benefits (mitigation and adaptation) to improve revenues streams

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Code: 33966 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 24/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

While evidence suggests that there is financing available to address climate adaptation, it is also evident that there is a shortage of bankable opportunities. Most promising climate adaptation projects rely on grants and public investments for their development. In many cases, while they benefit the public good, they struggle to prove any profitability and they risk getting abandoned at the end of the project when the initial financing comes to an end.

The European Investment Bank has shown that climate projects succeeding in securing investments are very rarely only addressing adaptation to climate change and in most of the cases they rather add a climate proofing component to a bigger project.

Proposals should identify financially valuable cases of climate projects including climate adaptation dimension on top of other benefits.

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Demonstration of solutions specifically suited to rural areas and small/ medium size population local communities

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Code: 33963 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 24/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

This topic focuses on the demonstration of solutions specifically suited to rural areas and small/ medium size population local communities.

Proposals should identify approaches and innovative solutions leading to an increase of the resilience and adaptation capacity to climate change which are particularly suitable for implementation by small and medium local authorities and the rural context. These solutions could include technological, social and business-related aspects or a combination of those. Nature-based solutions should be explored as priority and be at the very heart of the development whenever possible.

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Demonstration of approaches by regions and local authorities focused on increasing climate resilience of the most vulnerable social groups (just climate resilience)

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Code: 33960 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 24/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

This topic is related with the demonstration of different approaches by regions and local authorities focused on increasing climate resilience of the most vulnerable social groups (just climate resilience).

Proposals should identify, develop, test and demonstrate equitable adaptation actions and solutions, increasing adaptive capacity, reducing vulnerability and risks and addressing specific climate vulnerabilities identified as relevant at regional and local scale, taking into account place-based climate data, socio-economic information, and local governence.

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Systemic and cross-sectoral solutions for climate resilience, tailored to the local needs of regions and local authorities

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Code: 33958 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 24/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

The growing complexity, interdependencies and interconnectedness of modern societies and economies require that climate action is tackled with a systemic approach. Effectively adapting to climate change relies on cross-sectoral approaches, looking at the system as a whole, and on the inclusion of a variety of actors.

This topic focuses on systemic and cross-sectoral solutions for climate resilience, tailored to the local needs of regions and local authorities.

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Supporting national, regional and local authorities across Europe to prepare for the transition towards climate neutrality within cities

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Code: 33956 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CIT-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 16/05/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

Cities are increasingly taking a leading role in the green and digital transition. National and regional authorities have a key role to play to support cities ambition and facilitate the process.

The objective of this action is to strengthen existing national networks in Member States and Associated Countries as well as encourage and support the creation of such structures in countries where this has not yet taken place and empower them to act as clearly identifiable national contacts to support cities in pursuing their climate neutrality ambition and related targets.

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Setting up a New European Bauhaus hub for results and impact

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Code: 33954 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-NEB-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

A ‘New European Bauhaus hub for results and impacts’ is required to collect, centralise, manage, monitor and exploit the knowledge produced by the NEB projects, the NEB Community and other relevant NEB actions (e.g. projects resulting from EU-funded calls dedicated to NEB across the different EU programmes, NEB Lab) while also ensuring cooperation and collaboration between them. By having an overview of all the knowledge produced, the progress made, the challenges faced and the research gaps yet to overcome, the hub will be an agile instrument that will contribute to informing the implementation of the NEB Facility and will help to increase its impact. Ultimately, it will contribute to advancing the objectives of the NEB in a coherent manner.

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New governance models for the co-design and co-construction of public spaces in neighbourhoods by communities

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Code: 33951 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-NEB-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

Addressing societal challenges such as climate change, energy poverty, the pandemic, ageing population or the increased societal divide will require to rethink the way we develop and live in our neighbourhoods. It is key to empower people to take an active role in co-designing those spaces. This can lead to greater acceptance, enhanced sense of belonging, social trust and an increased willingness to further engage with the community, and thus promote a global positive social impact on people’s well-being and the neighbourhood as a whole.

Building on work carried out in previous projects, proposals will study, refine and validate existing engagement approaches, that allow residents, businesses, cultural organisations and local governments to co-design and co-create public spaces in neighbourhoods. For instance, this should include how to involve citizens in the development and maintenance of public spaces and neighbourhoods; or flexible designs allowing communities to re-create or re-furbish spaces according to evolving needs. Special attention should be paid to involve diverse groups and citizens at risk of exclusion.

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Exploiting the potential of secondary bio-based products

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Code: 33949 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-NEB-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

Although the NEB has been championing for the built environment, more research is needed on products that make use of secondary bio-based construction materials, such as from by-products or waste from other industries or processes, including bio-based composites and residues/by-products from agriculture or from fishing, aquaculture and agro-food industries, in line with the cascading principles. Using such products in the construction sector will reduce reliance on primary resources, hence minimising the environmental impact associated with their extraction and processing.

Proposals should increase the potential of innovative bio-based products making use of materials from secondary sources for construction applications, thereby enhancing the circular bio-based economy in the construction sector, in line with the NEB values and the cascading principles.

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Improve design for transformative approaches and build local capacity for implementation of available solutions focused on climate adaptation

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Code: 33947 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 24/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Local adaptation to climate change measures should never be taken in isolation. They are part of the socio-economic fabric of the region and its bio-geographic constraints (for example, its position in a certain river basin, along a certain coastline or in mountainous areas).

This topic aims to better integrate the Mission on adaptation to climate change into the regional socio-economic policies and the just transition. This should be also coupled with raising the awareness of local authorities for co-creation opportunities between adaptation and other investments.

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Research the complex interplay between the climate and biodiversity crises towards more systemic approaches and solutions

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Code: 33944 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 24/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Climate change and biodiversity loss are two interdependent crises that are complex, cascading, and compounding. Tackling them in an effective way must rely on a much more systemic approach than what has been achieved so far, which requires a better understanding of their interdependencies and feedback loops.

This topic is focused on the research of the complex interplay between the climate and biodiversity crises towards more systemic approaches and solutions.

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Develop and refine outcome indicators to measure progress on climate resilience at national, regional and local levels, including knowledge and feedback developed from the Mission

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Code: 33942 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 24/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

This topic aims at strengthening the EU’s capacity, knowledge, and involvement of relevant stakeholders in the monitoring and evaluation of current adaptation policies. It aims to facilitate policy, financial, corporate, and individual planning and decisions affecting resilience to climate impacts. Lessons learnt from currently available indicators, the literature, efforts underway surveying the use and prospects for indicators within the framework of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and feedback from the experience in the first years of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change work provide the basis for further developments.

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Bringing together the national level with the engaged regional and local levels (multi-level governance)

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Code: 33940 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 24/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

This topic focuses to bring together the national level with the engaged regional and local levels (multi-level governance).

The successful project is expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- The national relevant governance for innovation and climate adaptation is further engaged and mobilised to contribute to the objectives of the EU Mission on adaptation to climate change, and benefit from it.
- The EU Mission is deeply connected with national multi-level governance feeding into Member States, regions and local authorities’ efforts to implement the European Climate Law’s requirements on climate adaptation, and to further develop and update their national, regional and local adaptation plans.
- A set of ‘National Adaptation Hubs’ bridge the gap between the EU and regional/local levels, in the Adaptation mission and further disseminate the solutions emerging from the Mission to other regions and local authorities that are not Charter Signatories.
- A robust twinning scheme grouping of regions and local actors facing similar challenges ensures peer-learning and cross-fertilisation of experiences, further strengthening ongoing peer learning opportunities within the EU Mission, and also providing a tool to disseminate EU Mission’s knowledge beyond the regions and local authorities directly participating in the EU Mission.
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Bringing available and actionable solutions for climate adaptation to the knowledge of the regions and local authorities

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Code: 33938 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 24/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

This topic will focus to bring available and actionable solutions for climate adaptation to the knowledge of the regions and local authorities.

Analysing further, regional, local authorities are the target group of the proposed activities and the customers of the in-depth knowledge provision on solutions; as such they are not expected to participate as part of the consortium, but they should receive tailor made services from the project funded by this action, which should primarily use the Mission Implementation Platform’s channels to feed them with new information products, also based on the needs (already) expressed by them.

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Community-led actions to restore our ocean, seas and waters

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Code: 33874 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Reaching the ambitious Mission objectives and targets is dependent on mobilising a broad set of actors to take meaningful action to restore our ocean, seas and waters. Practical, easily accessible support is needed for established or emerging communities of actors to facilitate the deployment at scale of innovative actions, measures and initiatives contributing to the EU Mission’s objectives, and the transformations required at national, regional, and local level.

Each proposed action under this topic should address one of the four basins covered by the Mission ‘Restore our ocean and waters by 2030’.

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ERA Fellowships

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Code: 33855 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-TALENTS-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 11/09/2024

Fellowships should be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking cross-border mobility. Applications must be made jointly by the researcher together with a legal entity in the academic or non-academic sector located in a Widening Country.

Fellowships are open to researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to the EU from any country in the world or moving within the EU to a Widening Country.

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European Blue Parks – Offshore marine protected areas

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Code: 33853 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

The proposed activities should cover all following objectives:  
- mapping the distribution and condition of marine (benthic and pelagic) habitats in offshore areas (beyond 12 nautical miles from the coast);
- providing the scientific basis for establishing new marine protected areas (or enlarging existing ones) in offshore areas, including strictly protected ones;
- assessing pressures (including cumulative ones) in offshore areas and establishing the necessary conservation measures for MPAs, including through elaboration of their management plans and monitoring schemes.
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Our Blue Future – Co-designing a future vision of a restored ocean and water system in the EU by 2030 and 2050

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Code: 33850 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

This action will develop and co-design transitional alternative futures of the EU, in which the Ocean, seas and waters are conserved or restored to good health.

To support the implementation of the European Green Deal, the Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters and the related EU climate, biodiversity and pollution targets, project results are expected to contribute to all of the followings:
- Increased confidence in and support for the transitions required by the European Green Deal, by co-designing possible science-based transition scenarios for reaching the Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters objectives and related EU climate, biodiversity and pollution targets, including environmental, social, economic and political considerations.
- Support progress in restoring our ocean and waters, in adapting to climate change, reversing biodiversity loss and pollution, by co-designing inspiring narratives that stimulate effective action by policy-makers, citizens and stakeholders, and by identifying the pathways that are necessary to realise them.
- Increased awareness of decision-makers, stakeholders and citizens, in relation to the urgency of the climate, biodiversity and pollution crises and the central role of restoring the entire water system to address these crises.
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Danube river basin lighthouse – Protection and restoration of migratory fish habitats

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Code: 33846 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Proposals under this topic are expected to show how their activities and results will achieve the Mission objective 1 – Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity. Proposals should focus on the demonstration of sustainable and effective solutions for the enhancement of a protected network of critical habitats, involving relevant actors at a transnational/national scale and across relevant sectors, relevant national and regional authorities, riparian communities, landscape planners, ecologists as well as concerned economic actors, including fishers.

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Science for Community – Building the marine Citizen Science data network of the future to valorise data coming from the ocean and increase engagement

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Code: 33843 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

The objective of this topic is to establish a Marine Citizen Science data network, which will aim to bring together the very important, but scattered and un-coordinated actors of marine citizen science, active in data collection. Such a network will provide a sense of community to these different in nature parties, will increase visibility of marine citizen science data collection activities in Europe and will invest in coordinating these activities by providing a harmonisation framework, which will increase the added value coming from marine citizen science. Such an activity will ensure dual effects towards the Mission’s Ocean cross-cutting enabling actions: it will support targeted engagement of different categories of social actors in the production of credible Marine Knowledge and it will thus directly support the development of the Digital Ocean and Water Knowledge System.

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Atlantic and Arctic sea basin lighthouse, Mediterranean Sea basin lighthouse, Baltic and North Sea basin lighthouse - Reducing the environmental impacts of fisheries on marine species and habitats

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Code: 33841 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Proposals under this topic are expected to identify, test, validate and demonstrate in real conditions, a set of suitable innovative and economically viable solutions, technologies, practices and processes to minimise the impact of fisheries on marine ecosystems, specifically aiming at protecting sensitive species and juvenile fish as identified in the Marine Action Plan as well as respecting animal health and welfare.

Each proposal should address one sea basin – i.e.:
1. Atlantic and Arctic basin or
2. Mediterranean Sea basin or
3. Baltic and North Sea basin), where identified solutions will be demonstrated in several relevant fisheries.
Proposals should take a holistic approach aiming at protecting marine biodiversity while also avoiding potential negative environmental impacts, including on the seabed.

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Support for the Coalition of waterfront cities, regions and islands for Mission Ocean and Waters

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Code: 33839 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

The proposal should coordinate, support and strengthen this growing movement to create a broad Coalition supporting the Mission Ocean and Waters, which will focus on waterfront cities with their ports (coastal and inland), as well as regions and islands committed to implementing this Mission. Importantly, it should aim to build a broad coalition, which also includes, in addition to the regions/cities/islands who already adhered to the Mission Charter, new and so far less active members with equal representation from all Mission lighthouse areas.

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ERC Advanced Grants

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Code: 33812 | Identifier Code: ERC-2024-ADG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 29/05/2024 | End submission calls: 29/08/2024

ERC Advanced Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements.

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EIT Urban Mobility -Business Plan 2023-2025- Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) Education Open Call - Mobility for more liveable urban spaces

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Code: 33806 | Identifier Code: EITUM-BP23-25 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 17/05/2024 | End submission calls: 17/07/2024

This call aims at funding projects that can support the overall RIS strategy and aims, offer high-quality education, reach a large audience and market, and gain recognition efficiently with a lasting effect.

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Stimulating transnational research and development of next generation quantum technologies, including basic theories and components (Cascading grant with FSTP)

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Code: 33793 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Projects are expected to contribute to the support of transnational projects in quantum technologies, fostering synergy between European, national and regional initiatives and promoting broader partnerships between the European stakeholders in quantum technologies.

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Intellectual asset management support for public research organisations, academic institutions and their spin-offs (CSA)

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Code: 33791 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-02-35 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 10/09/2024

To increase Europe’s capacity to convert high level scientific success into social and economic benefits a broad definition of entrepreneurship is needed. The aim of the action is to ensure the highest level of support for public research organisations in Europe including universities and their entrepreneurial agendas in order to improve access to and use of the knowledge assets very often created by public research funding.

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Synergy with national and regional initiatives in Europe on Innovative Materials (CSA)

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Code: 33789 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-02-36 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 10/09/2024

This topic focuses on synergy with national and regional initiatives in Europe on Innovative Materials (CSA).

Proposals should support the coordination between relevant national and regional public authorities funding research and innovation in 2DM-based technologies and advanced materials.

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Advancing Large AI Models: Integration of New Data Modalities and Expansion of Capabilities (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 33767 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

This topic centres around the development of innovative multimodal large AI models, covering both the training of foundation models and their subsequent fine-tuning.

Proposals should address at least one of the following focus areas:
- the integration of innovative modalities of data for large AI models during training and inference. Examples of innovative modalities include event streams, structured data and sensor measurements. The incorporation of such new modalities could potentially bring unforeseen enhancements to model performance and enable their application in new domains like weather forecasting, robotics, and manufacturing.
- enhanced multimodal models that exceed the current state of the art, with either significantly improved capabilities or the ability to handle a larger number of modalities. This focus area also encompasses models capable of multi-modal output generation. Current large-scale multimodal models most commonly engage with only vision and language.
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Digital Humanism - Putting people at the centre of the digital transformation (CSA)

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Code: 33747 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Digital Humanism is here defined as the continuing search for a European answer to keep up high civilization standards stemming from enlightenment and the humanist era, and to further develop them in the digital world. Such a digital environment should enable all Europeans to make full use of digital and technologies, to have a society where geographical distance matters less, so that all Europeans can benefit from the digitalisation in their daily activities (ranging from work, learning, to enjoying culture or leisure activities) but also in their interactions with governments, and participation in democratic processes.

This requires intense, cross-disciplinary work of computer (and technology) sciences with legal, economic, sociological, philosophical and other kinds of expertise as a co-development exercise.

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Developing and deploying a network of quantum gravimeters in Europe

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Code: 33745 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

This topic is consetrated on the development of a network of quantum gravimeters in Europe.

Quantum gravimeters (gravity sensors) can deliver high-sensitivity, real-time, non-invasive gravity measurements, with much greater precision than classical gravimeters. They have started to demonstrate their disruptive potential in many application sectors, including Earth observation and civil engineering.

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Support for transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic areas of Digital, Industry and Space (CSA)

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Code: 33743 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-02-34 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 10/09/2024

This topic focuses on the support of transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic areas of Digital, Industry and Space (CSA).

Projects are expected to contribute to the Improved and professionalised NCP services across Member States and Associated Countries, supporting access to Horizon Europe calls, lowering the entry barriers for newcomers, and raising the average quality of proposals.

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Explainable and Robust AI (AI Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 33739 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

To achieve robust and reliable AI, novel approaches are needed to develop methods and solutions that work under other than model-ideal circumstances, while also having an awareness when these conditions break down. To achieve trustworthiness, AI system should be sufficiently transparent and capable of explaining how the system has reached a conclusion in a way that it is meaningful to the user, enabling safe and secure human-machine interaction, while also indicating when the limits of operation have been reached.

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Facilitate the engagement in global ICT standardisation development (CSA)

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Code: 33737 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

The aim is to reinforce the presence of EU and associated states experts in the global ICT standardisation scene, by setting up an ICT standardisation observatory and a facility supporting the participation of key European specialists (especially from SMEs, societal stakeholders and Academia) in key international and global Standard Developing Organisations. In particular, the project should foresee actions related to topics in the Rolling Plan for ICT standardisation as well as related to internet standardisation.

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Experimental local action for EU missions: knowledge institutions as focal points of transdisciplinary research and innovation activities with European outreach

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Code: 33734 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CROSS-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 15/05/2024 | End submission calls: 25/09/2024

The EU Missions on cancer, climate adaptation, climate neutral cities, oceans and soil, pursue objectives agreed between Member States and the European Commission in the context of the European Green Deal and health policies. Sustainably managing common-pool resources and the provision of public goods are an important dimension in the EU Missions. scholars consider small-scale multistakeholder activities within a local or regional innovation ecosystem to be crucial for the non-technological innovation processes. Such innovation ecosystems for transformative change include non-commercial stakeholders like civil society and administrations.

The proposal should aim to implement, for the benefit of a specific location or region in an EU Member States or countries associated to Horizon Europe, a research and innovation action.

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MSCA International Cooperation 2024

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Code: 33731 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2024-INCO-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/05/2024 | End submission calls: 04/09/2024

The objective of the present call is to foster international cooperation in MSCA in Horizon Europe, through a dedicated support action to complement and ensure coordination between existing promotion channels at local level, and ensure consistency with formal R&I policy dialogues at bilateral and regional levels.

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Spotlight on plant priority pest: fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)

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Code: 33729 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-03-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/05/2024 | End submission calls: 24/09/2024

A successful proposal should support the farm to fork strategy to transition to fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food systems from primary production to consumption, notably the target to reduce by 50% the overall use and risk of chemical pesticides and reduce the use by 50% of the more hazardous pesticides and the biodiversity strategy. Activities will work on protective measures against pests of plants and on measures to prevent the introduction into, establishment and spread within the Union territory of Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith).

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European Partnership of Agriculture of Data

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Code: 33727 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/05/2024 | End submission calls: 25/06/2024

This partnership aims to enhance climate, environmental and socioeconomic sustainability, and productivity of agriculture and to strengthen policy monitoring and evaluation capacities through exploiting the potential of Earth and environmental observation and other data, in combination with innovative data technologies.

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EIT Manufacturing Call for proposals Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Master & Doctoral School for the Manufacturing Business Plan 2023-2025

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Code: 33722 | Identifier Code: EITM BP 2023-2025 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 08/07/2024

The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Call covers activities related to Master and Doctoral School, to develop the following programmes for students and professionals:
- Summer School 2025 for EIT Manufacturing Master School
- Doctoral I&E programme 2025
The focus for 2025 is to scale up the results of the Master and Doctoral School activities multiplying the impact of the same through commercialisation and distribution within a wide number of learners.

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EIT Manufacturing Competition LEADERS - Women Innovators in Manufacturing at EIT RIS Business Plan 2023 - 2025

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Code: 33700 | Identifier Code: EITM BP 2023-2025 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 14/05/2024 | End submission calls: 15/07/2024

The purpose of the “LEADERS – Women Innovators in Manufacturing at EIT RIS” competition is to support and highlight women researchers and innovators who have played a main role in developing solutions addressing manufacturing-related challenges.

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EITM Call for Proposals for New Higher Education Institutions’ accession to EIT Manufacturing Master and Doctoral Schools and new Master programmes

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Code: 33696 | Identifier Code: EITM BP 2023-2025 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 16/04/2024 | End submission calls: 17/06/2024

EIT Manufacturing Master and Doctoral School engages students from different academic backgrounds in the manufacturing sector.

The scope of this call is twofold:
- Expand Partnerships: add new HEIs to the EITM Master and Doctoral School, including those from uncovered countries, to diversify partnerships and ensure multiple HEI combinations for each programme.
- Enhance Program Portfolio: introduce new Master programmes covering topics not currently addressed, aligning with EITM thematic areas and industry needs for skilled graduates.
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EIT Manufacturing Call for RIS proposals 2025

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Code: 33693 | Identifier Code: EITM BP 2023-2025 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 29/04/2024 | End submission calls: 08/07/2024

The EIT Manufacturing Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) aims at widening participation in the KIC’s activities, as well as increasing the impact of EIT Manufacturing in EIT RIS countries. The EIT RIS has been designed as a two-way interaction scheme. By sharing its good practice related to Knowledge Triangle Integration and increasing its activities in EIT RIS eligible countries, EIT Manufacturing welcomes activities for:
- further developing business skills, talent, cooperation opportunities in education, currently untapped entrepreneurial potential
- accessing markets and business, customers for innovative ventures, innovation, knowledge, know-how and technology transfer possibilities
- additional testbeds for applications of innovative solutions
- supporting access to co-funding options provided by EU, regional and national support schemes
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EIT Manufacturing Call for Innovation proposals 2025

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Code: 33690 | Identifier Code: EITM BP 2023-2025 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 29/04/2024 | End submission calls: 08/07/2024

The Call for Proposals fosters innovation within the manufacturing sector by addressing pressing industrial challenges and facilitating a transition towards more resilient, sustainable, and human-centered manufacturing practices. It focuses on leveraging cutting edge technologies and methodologies to improve operational efficiency, sustainability, and the attractiveness of the manufacturing work environment. The call underscores the importance of advancing manufacturing technology, sustainability, and efficiency to maintain global competitiveness.

In the context of this call, EIT is looking for education proposals on the following 2 topics:
- Topic 1: Innovative Solution for Industrial Challenges
- Topic 2: Transition towards a resilient and human-centered Manufacturing
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EIT Manufacturing Call for Education proposals 2025

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Code: 33687 | Identifier Code: EITM BP 2023-2025 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 29/04/2024 | End submission calls: 08/07/2024

The education call main objective is the upskilling and reskilling of the European manufacturing workforce.

It is composed of two topics: Sustainable manufacturing for the future and, Digital innovation in manufacturing. The main outcome of the funded activities will be full learning programmes to support the development of skills on the identified topics.

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Support a pragmatic clinical trial programme by cancer charities

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Code: 33533 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

An important aim of Missions is bringing together various disciplines, sectors and actors, such as philanthropy. Hundreds of cancer charities and foundations across Europe support patient-centred research, including clinical trials.

The EU contribution aims to facilitate the coordination and networking between charities themselves as well as with relevant stakeholders across Member States and Associated Countries.
The EU contribution will not co-fund the trials.

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Improving the understanding and management of late-effects in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer

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Code: 33531 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

This topic will contribute to the achievement of the Mission’s objective to improve the quality of life of cancer patients, survivors and their families. The focus should be exclusively on adolescent and young adult (AYA, age range 15-39) cancer patients and survivors.

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Accessible and affordable tests to advance early detection of heritable cancers in European regions

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Code: 33528 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

There is a need to validate, pilot, and upscale easy-to-use genetic, multi-omics or other biomarker-based tests for early detection of cancers with an underlying heritable genetic risk, for uptake in regional or national healthcare systems.
Proposals should aim to deliver results through validating, piloting, and upscaling genetic, multi-omics, or other biomarker-based tests for early detection of cancers with underlying heritable genetic risk in routine healthcare.

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Use cases for the UNCAN.eu research data platform

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Code: 33526 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

The aim of this topic is to operationalise the UNCAN.eu research data platform foreseen in the Cancer Mission implementation plan, through a series of use-cases. To this goal, proposals are expected to develop tools supporting researchers to access, manage and analyse cancer digital data, building among others on resources developed by EOSC4cancer.

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Support dialogue towards the development of national cancer data nodes

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Code: 33524 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Data is an essential resource to improve our understanding of cancer, advance prevention and early detection strategies, facilitate the delivery of personalised care, and better address the quality of life of cancer patients and survivors.

The Cancer Mission supports the creation of the European Initiative to Understand Cancer (UNCAN.eu, a federated European cancer research data infrastructure) and the European Cancer Patient Digital Centre (ECPDC, a European network of national digital infrastructures for cancer patients).

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An information portal for the European Cancer Patient Digital Centre

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Code: 33522 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

The aim of this action is to design, develop, deploy and operate a pilot information portal of the ECPDC to support the information needs of patients, survivors and caregivers and covering all the spectrum of the cancer patient journey. Specific Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are developed and implemented to timely update the information provided and facilitate the user experience. The future European Cancer Patient Digital Centre (ECPDC) will provide digital services to support cancer patients, survivors and caregivers to facilitate their access to quality information and data sharing.

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Framework Partnership Agreement for a European Networked Catalyst Fund for Social Innovation in Support of the Missions

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Code: 33520 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CROSS-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 25/09/2024

The action aims at putting the EU Missions in a better position to achieve their societal and environmental transition objectives by improving the funding environment for the upscaling social innovation in the EU and associated countries.

The action shall strengthen the engagement of social innovation actors including philanthropy in the missions.

Successful social innovation projects with a real potential for scaling to advance the EU Missions will benefit from structured and networked funding environment.

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A European Social Innovation Advisory Network in support of EU Mission Objectives

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Code: 33518 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CROSS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 25/09/2024

Leveraging social innovation gives rise to solutions that prove more adapted to society, locally and regionally, as well as more robust. In a nutshell, social innovations are “innovations that are social in ends and means.

Social innovation is not only good for society, but also enhances society’s capacity to act. Social innovation engages and empowers citizens, results in a greater sense of agency, i.e. their ability to take action or to choose what action to take, and greater buy-in by citizens, industrialists, and public authorities, elicits active, democratic participation, enhances the resilience of communities, increases the relevance, acceptance, and uptake of innovation, and helps foster lasting changes in individual behaviours, social practices, and governance models. In short, social innovation acts as a system changer.

As such, social innovation processes are relevant to all EU Missions mobilising additional stakeholders and stakeholder communities (like philanthropic funders and for- and with-impact investors) for the benefit of the Missions.

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ERA Talents

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Code: 33516 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-TALENTS-03-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 25/04/2024 | End submission calls: 26/09/2024

The ERA Talents action aims to boost interoperability of careers in the academic and non-academic sectors and improve employability of R&I talents across sectors.
The action has a centre of gravity in Widening countries.
It fits within the overall Union policy of promoting more attractive research careers, implemented through Action 4 of the ERA Policy Agenda 2022-2024, and responds to the Council Conclusions on “Deepening the European Research Area: “Deepening the European Research Area: Providing researchers with attractive and sustainable careers and working conditions and making brain circulation a reality”.

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European partnership for pandemic preparedness

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Code: 33514 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-12-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 25/04/2024 | End submission calls: 26/11/2024

This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination 3 “Tackling diseases and reducing disease burden”.

The partnership will be firmly anchored within the framework of the European Health Union package that aims to improve the EU’s capacity in the vital areas of prevention, preparedness, surveillance, risk assessment, early warning, and response.

Transformative investments in research for pandemic preparedness are needed at European level. Stronger collaboration and coordination between European actors, including the appropriate infrastructures and networks, are an important prerequisite for improving EU’s pandemic preparedness and stepping up our contribution to global cooperation in this area.

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Pre-commercial procurement for environmentally sustainable, climate neutral and circular health and care systems

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Code: 33511 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-CARE-14-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 25/04/2024 | End submission calls: 26/11/2024

This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination 4 “Ensuring access to innovative, sustainable and high-quality health care”.

Good hygiene and safety are vital in this setting however innovative solutions can help to reduce the environmental impact of the healthcare sector through the efficient use of resources, increasing circularity, and the introduction of “greener” materials, technologies and practices. The declaration calls for action and joint vision on ensuring better health outcomes, in part through the transformation of health and care systems to become climate-resilient, low-carbon, sustainable, circular and equitable. Such a transformation will contribute in the long term to improving patient care by enhancing both the sustainability and overall efficiency of health and care systems.

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European Partnership: One Health Anti-Microbial Resistance

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Code: 33508 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-09-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 25/04/2024 | End submission calls: 25/09/2024

This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination 3 “Tackling diseases and reducing disease burden”.

The partnership should contribute to the priorities set in the European One Health Action plan to fight AMR and in the Council Recommendation on stepping up EU actions to combat antimicrobial resistance in a One Health approach that provide European frameworks with actions and objectives focused on areas with the highest added value for Member States, including boosting research development and innovation.

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Implementation research for management of multiple long-term conditions in the context of non-communicable diseases (Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases - GACD)

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Code: 33506 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-13-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 25/04/2024 | End submission calls: 26/11/2024

The topic is focused on implementation research for management of multiple long-term conditions in the context of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) (MLTC NCD) in LMICs and/or disadvantaged populations in HICs. Proposals should focus on implementation science around interventions that will generate evidence about when, for whom, and under what circumstances, patient-centred approaches can improve integrated care for patients with MLTC NCD.

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Pandemic preparedness and response: Maintaining and enhancing the preparatory work for a co-funded European partnership for pandemic preparedness

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Code: 33498 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-17-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 25/04/2024 | End submission calls: 30/05/2024

This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination 3 “Tackling diseases and reducing disease burden”.
The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated how unilateral research initiatives may lead to a fragmented research landscape, with substantial room for efficiency gains in the development of the highly needed evidence to guide policy actions when facing an emergency.
A coordination and support action is working towards improving the EU’s preparedness to predict and respond to emerging infectious health threats by better coordinating funding for research and innovation at EU, national (and regional) level towards common objectives and an agreed Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda.

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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024

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Code: 33496 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 11/09/2024

The objective of the present call is to provide fellowships to excellent researchers, undertaking international mobility. Applications will be made jointly by the researcher and a beneficiary in the academic or non-academic sector.

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MSCA Feedback To Policy 2024

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Code: 33493 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2024-FTP-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 25/04/2024 | End submission calls: 03/09/2024

One of the objectives of this action is to support ongoing and planned Commission initiatives which focus on exploiting and assessing the impact of Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects results in relation to thematic and cross-cutting priorities, including the EU Missions. It also aims to assess the extent to which MSCA projects achieve two of the core horizontal policy objectives of the programme: the development of researchers’ training, skills and career and the related promotion of intersectoral collaboration.

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MSCA COFUND 2024

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Code: 33490 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2024-COFUND-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 26/09/2024

MSCA COFUND co-finances new or existing doctoral programmes and postdoctoral fellowship schemes with the aim of spreading the best practices of the MSCA including international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research training, as well as international and cross-sectoral mobility of researchers at all stages of their career.

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Transition Open 2024

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Code: 33397 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2024-TRANSITIONOPEN-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 18/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

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.

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The European Social Innovation Competition 2024

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Code: 33281 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2024-EUSIC-PRIZES-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 09/04/2024 | End submission calls: 11/06/2024

The European Social Innovation Competition aims at raising awareness about social innovation across a wide audience, sparking the creation of new socially innovative ideas, creating a network of like-minded practitioners and supporting finalists to transform their ideas into structured businesses.

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EIT Urban Mobility - Business Plan 2023 - 2025 - Main Innovation Open Call 2025 - Mobility for more liveable urban spaces

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Code: 33256 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 04/04/2024 | End submission calls: 04/06/2024

At EIT Urban Mobility, the mission is to accelerate change towards a sustainable mobility model for liveable urban spaces. In the current context of climate emergency, the objective is to support the community of innovators to develop solutions that help mitigate and adapt to climate change and, at the same time, improve the quality of life in our cities, create jobs and strengthen the European mobility sector. To this end, the primary emphasis of Innovation Programme for 2023-2025 is to radically advance commercially viable solutions/services/products that support this mission and these goals.

The aim for this call is to strategically select projects that complement the existing portfolio by addressing new sectors, business models, technological advances or market demands.

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Competence Hub Long-term Open Call

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Code: 33164 | Identifier Code: EITUM-BP23-25 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 14/03/2024 | End submission calls: 14/05/2024

EIT Urban Mobility’s Competence Hub focuses on developing high-quality, innovative, and adaptable training courses for mobility professionals and organisations interested in reskilling/upskilling with a view to making cities more livable and mobility more efficient and sustainable.

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The European Capital of Innovation Awards 2024 (iCapital)

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Code: 33103 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2024-ICAPITAL-PRIZE-02-1 / HORIZON-EIC-2024-ICAPITAL-PRIZE-02-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 05/03/2024 | End submission calls: 18/06/2024

The European Capital of Innovation Awards aim to champion inspiring cases of municipality-enabled innovation flourishing in cities.

The Awards will feature two categories:
- European Capital of Innovation 2024 category.
- European Rising Innovative 2024 City category.
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Startup Europe

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Code: 32221 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2024-CONNECT-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 11/01/2024 | End submission calls: 25/04/2024

This action will connect local digital and deep tech start-up ecosystems and support cross-border acceleration activities for start-ups that demonstrate traction (i.e. market-product fit or at least a seed round raised). Among the start-up ecosystems to be connected, specific attention will be given to the inclusion of ecosystems in ‘moderate’ or ‘emerging’ innovator countries and/or regions.

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The African Union-European Union Innovation Platform

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Code: 32219 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2024-CONNECT-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 11/01/2024 | End submission calls: 25/04/2024

The action funded under this topic will have the objective of supporting the implementation of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda.

The aim of the topic will be to foster the links and networks between innovation stakeholders from the AU and EU innovation ecosystems, also including the social innovation dimension.

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Development of technical and business solutions to optimise the circularity, resilience, and sustainability of the European battery value chain (Batt4EU Partnership)

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Code: 32183 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

This topic focuses on the development of technical and business solutions to optimise the circularity, resilience, and sustainability of the European battery value chain.

Proposals should cover at least two of three scope categories (business models, cross-industry tools, sustainable design) and at least three bullet points.

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Smart grid-ready buildings

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Code: 32181 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D4-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

There is a need to deliver solutions to improve the interoperability of European buildings with energy carriers (e.g. electricity grid, district heating networks) and with non-energy services (e.g. mobility). This will allow buildings to play an active role in the energy system integration.

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Assessment of air pollutant emissions from low-carbon fuels in the heavy-duty, aviation, and maritime sectors

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Code: 32179 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-18 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

This topic is focused on the assessment of air pollutant emissions from low-carbon fuels in the heavy-duty, of aviation and maritime sectors.

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Emerging energy technologies for a climate neutral Europe

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Code: 32176 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

This topic focusses on the development of novel bottom-up technological solutions with breakthrough potential across all parts of the energy sector value chain, as well as all energy-related aspects in the transport sector.

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Structuring the Waterborne transport sector, including through changed business and industrial models in order to achieve commercial zero-emission waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 32173 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

There is a need to objectively analyse the segments of the waterborne transport sector, and within each segment characterize the business models, identify the barriers to the take up innovative low and zero-emission waterborne transport solutions and in cooperation with the stakeholders to propose commercial models which can provide a better incentive for increasing the investment in low or zero-emission solutions in the European waterborne transport sector.

This topic focuses on the structuring of the Waterborne transport sector, through changed business and industrial models in order to achieve commercial zero-emission waterborne transport.

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Furthering the development of a materials acceleration platform for sustainable batteries (combining AI, big data, autonomous synthesis robotics, high throughput testing) (Batt4EU Partnership)

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Code: 32171 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

The aim is to integrate advanced multi-scale computational modelling, materials synthesis, characterisation and testing to perform closed-loop autonomous materials findings and interphase engineering that would accelerate by at least a factor of five the discovery of new battery chemistries with ultra-high performances.

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Advanced sustainable and safe pre-processing technologies for End-of-Life (EoL) battery recycling (Batt4EU Partnership)

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Code: 32169 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

The current EOL LIB recycling technologies are focused on improving the recovering efficiency of Cobalt that is the most valuable material. However, other no-Co battery contents need to be extracted in one go to develop recycling processes with economic, societal and environmental perspectives.

The goal is to develop and integrate new advanced pre-processing concepts that enable more efficient and safe technologies for recycling EoL LIBs. Substantial improvements should be achieved in the processes environmental and economic viability and in the circular economy, narrowing the sustainability gaps in the whole battery recyclates pre-treatment.

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Non-Li Sustainable Batteries with European Supply Chains for Stationary Storage (Batt4EU Partnership)

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Code: 32166 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

Non-lithium-based batteries have the potential to provide solutions for integration of renewables by providing energy storage solutions, either stand-alone, or as part of larger grid. Proposals are invited for projects which advance the development of non-Li battery systems, show their potential to be manufactured at scale at a cost the market will bear, and which meet regulatory requirements (including regulations for the recycling/re-use of batteries).

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Coordinating and supporting the combined activities of member and associated states towards the objectives of the Zero Emission Waterborne Transport partnership so as to increase synergies and impact (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 32164 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

This topic focuses on the coordination and support of combined activities of member and associated states towards the objectives of the Zero Emission Waterborne Transport (ZEWT) partnership so as to increase synergies and impact.

Valuable coordination between national and European research was established, including the waterborne transport sector. The benefits from synergies towards the achievement of common goals, align with the objectives of the ZEWT partnership.

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Alternative heating systems for efficient, flexible and electrified heat generation in industry

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Code: 32162 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D4-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

Alternative forms of energy such as for example ultrasound, microwaves, plasma, infrared, visible and ultraviolet radiations, are unconventional and contactless heat sources, that create the possibility of new, efficient and flexible processes, in that they are applied precisely where they are needed and with shortened reaction times. They are key enablers for switching processes from fossil energy to renewable or low-carbon energy sources, and can contribute to increasing their energy efficiency, thereby reducing fossil fuel imports dependency.

They provide higher production flexibility, allowing variable throughputs to better follow market demand and enabling leaner production paradigms (e.g. decreased stock, production on demand), as well as flexibility for the electricity grid via demand response. Furthermore, such technologies are suitable for downscaling, which can be an advantage in some cases (e.g. local waste or biomass feedstock processing).

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Advanced digitalisation and modelling utilizing operational and other data to support zero emission waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 32160 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

This topic focuses on advanced digitalisation and modelling utilizing operational and to other data to support zero emission waterborne transport.

Specifically, the higher levels of integration between different functions of an Integrated Green Vessel DT (e.g. during design and operation of waterborne transport assets) require both complex multi-physics simulations and advanced levels of data organisation. This leads to the need for higher computational efficiency to meet future requirements in terms of accuracy, and the integration of the digital representation of suitable technologies for the transformation of vessels into “Green Vessels” within an Integrated Green DT that will aim to improve the vessels environmental performance.

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Demonstrating efficient fully DC electric grids within waterborne transport for large ship applications (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 32158 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

The application of DC grids on-board has already started and will grow significantly because of its promising aspects such as reduction of complexity, increased modularity and improved integration. However, further progress is required to unlock the full potential of an on-board DC grid for large ship applications (over 5000 GT) addressing the entire network for both primary and secondary (auxiliary) distribution system, taking into account the various on-board applications of ship’s electrification systems (e.g. high-power fuel cells, batteries, etc.) The challenge is to focus not only on secondary distribution, but also on the integration/interconnection of new sustainable primary power systems within a DC grid network serving the entire ship.

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Demonstration of Technologies to minimise underwater noise generated by waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 32156 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

Whilst on-going research seeks to characterize the underwater radiated noise (URN) which poses the greatest threat to aquatic species and the marine environment as well as characterizing potentially promising solutions to reduce the impacts of URN, the demonstration of technologies to minimize the harmful impacts from waterborne transport URN remains less developed. An important challenge is to predict URN at the design stage to be able to implement less noisy environmentally friendly solutions from an early stage. This challenge is faced both at equipment design level and at the ship integration stage. Consequences of the noise reduction solutions for GHG emissions should be considered.

Current approaches to the regulation of URN focus on controlled criteria (fixed speed, no waves etc.), whilst ships operate at various speeds, loads and sea states which further complicate the challenge of designing a quiet ship suitable for a wide range of conditions. A further challenge is to be able to operate a noise measurement system on-board which can provide instantaneous information to the crew on the ship’s operational radiated noise.

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Combining state-of-the-art emission reduction and efficiency improvement technologies in ship design and retrofitting for contributing to the "Fit for 55" package objective by 2030 (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 32153 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

Legislative proposals within the EU’s “Fit for 55” package targeting the reduction of waterborne transport emissions will assess emissions reductions based on operational data collected within the framework of the EU’s MRV regulation.
Contributing to fit for 55 objectives, the challenge is to develop at least three concept vessels which will further improve energy efficiency by at least 20%, compared to a 2022 reference performance for equivalent ships.
This “design for operation” approach will integrate and combine both operational energy savings and emission reduction technologies.

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Achieving high voltage, low weight, efficient electric powertrains for sustainable waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 32151 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

The voltage level of battery installations on-board vessels is typically limited and within the regulations for low voltage installations. By increasing the voltage level of the on-board distribution system, the energy conversion can achieve higher efficiencies and be more compact, due to the smaller cross-sectional area of conductors and lower losses.
The necessary regulatory aspects also need to be defined to facilitate market take up for waterborne transport. Although e.g. high-voltage Li-Ion battery packs may be presently applied, the current state-of-the-art still offers solutions that are too heavy to enable electrification of a wider range of larger waterborne transport assets.
Further study of the adaptation and the on-board integration solutions available for recently developed technologies, such as Li-Ion NMC, LTO, LFP is needed.

Building on the current state of the art solutions should contribute towards the battery electrification of a wider range of vessel types, for both maritime and inland waterway transport which are characterized by the need for larger battery systems and longer autonomy.

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Towards a flying testbed for European leadership in aviation

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Code: 32148 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

This topic aims at significantly reinforcing the EUs leading position in Aerospace innovation through radical, experimental innovation needed for zero-emission aircraft of the future. By creating a flying, experimental test bed the twin transition of Europe towards a climate neutral and digital society will be accelerated and EU global industrial leadership will be strengthened.

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Permanently Open Call for Targeted Innovation Projects

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Code: 32146 | Identifier Code: EITUM-BP23-25 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2023 | End submission calls: 31/12/2025

This Permanently Open Call will target various topics aimed to address EIT Urban Mobility Innovation portfolio gaps, market failures, emerging trends and technologies, new policies and regulations, and other relevant events.

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EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application

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Code: 32144 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 03/01/2024 | End submission calls: 01/11/2024

The EIC Accelerator focuses in particular on innovations, building on scientific discovery or technological breakthroughs (‘deep tech’) and where significant funding is needed over a long timeframe before returns can be generated (‘patient capital’).

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EIC Pathfinder Open

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Code: 32142 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 03/01/2024 | End submission calls: 07/03/2024

The overall objective of the EIC Pathfinder for advanced research is to develop the scientific basis to underpin breakthrough technologies. It provides support for the earliest stages of scientific, technological or deep-tech research and development. Pathfinder projects aim to build on new, cutting-edge directions in science and technology to disrupt a field and a market or create new opportunities by realising innovative technological solutions.

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Impact monitoring of EU Aviation R&I

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Code: 32131 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

This topic is focused on delivering an impact monitoring toolbox, including preliminary impact assessments, of the European aviation research and innovation, excluding any actions beyond technologies and optimised operations (i.e. use of sustainable aviation fuels and market-based measures).

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Competitiveness and digital transformation in aviation – advancing further composite aerostructures

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Code: 32129 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

This topic focuses on the competitiveness and digital transformation in aviation and the further advancement of composite aerostructures.

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Accelerating climate neutral aviation, minimising non-CO2 emissions

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Code: 32127 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

The integration of data analytics and weather forecasting into advanced decision-support software tools that are able to predict real-time the contrail formation as well as propose alternative paths, are well in-line with the scope of this topic.

This topic aims to integrate and provide clear operational guidelines supported by validated flight tests. Engine gas and particle emissions characterisation, when data is incomplete or unavailable, is in-line with the scope of this topic.

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New designs, shapes, functionalities of Light Commercial Vehicles (2ZERO Partnership)

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Code: 32125 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

The main objective of this call is to deliver new urban optimized light commercial zero-emission vehicles with a focus on goods transport, that are affordable, safe, sustainable and reliable and with a strong engagement from freight services users and fleet owners in the definition of requirements and testing. The focus will be to identify and overcome the main barriers for the development of new LCV concepts for urban and sub-urban logistics and freight mobility.

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Advanced digital development tools to accelerate the development of software defined vehicles that enable zero-emission mobility (2ZERO Partnership)

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Code: 32123 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

This topic focuses on advanced digital development tools to accelerate the development of software defined vehicles that enable zero-emission mobility (2ZERO Partnership).

Advanced digital tools can enable the mobility industry to efficiently develop and operate software-defined electric vehicles that are key for achieving sustainable mobility solutions.

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Integrated flexible multipoint megawatt charging systems for electric truck mass deployment (2ZERO Partnership) (2024)

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Code: 32121 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

Next generation battery electric vehicles need to be more energy efficient and affordable, which means to keep battery size to the practical minimum. Megawatt charging is then required to meet the demand for long operational range with even shorter charging times. The present topic covers their evolution towards multi-charger hubs that cater for a widespread deployment of these vehicles on the 2030 horizon. Limited on-board systems optimisation may be included if properly justified. At the same time each charger in these charging hubs will be usable for multiple lighter vehicles with lower power (150-350 kW) during peak times such as weekend or holiday periods, when demand from heavy duty vehicles may be lower. This will also require concepts for topologies capable for accommodating one heavy vehicle or 4-6 light vehicles in each charging spot.

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Advanced battery system integration for next generation vehicles (2ZERO Partnership)

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Code: 32119 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

In order to reduce the overall cost of electric vehicles modularity, scalability and the development of strategies for their implementation will become increasingly important in the future. With the expected introduction of new cell technologies, specific choices for connections, cooling system concepts and materials for housing will play a crucial role in the battery performance improvements and the battery integration in the vehicle structure. The development and integration of structural, thermal and mechanical aspects (at different levels of modularity or integration) will need to be improved, while exploiting the intrinsic advantages of innovative type of cells.

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Integration and testing of next generation post-800V electric powertrains (2ZERO Partnership)

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Code: 32117 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

More and more demanding power and application requirements led to an increase of board net HV voltage from an initial 400V level to 800V in the latest electric vehicles, already trickling down to lower categories. Significantly higher voltages (indicatively, in the 1200V region) may be the next logical step and become standard in the next decade, providing benefits in terms of efficiency, copper use and weight. If not properly managed, they could have a constraining impact on the overall architecture especially in terms of DC charging and efficiency for low power use. Thus, new challenges for the powertrain arise in the areas of the motor, battery, cabling, couplers etc. as well as in electromagnetic compatibility and the development and integration of new power semiconductors.

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Smart, low-cost pervasive stationary slow charging and bi-directional solutions synergic with the grid for EV mass deployment (2ZERO Partnership)

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Code: 32115 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

Future charging infrastructure deployment should be ubiquitous, and should parallel, with a certain level of anticipation the growth of EV sales. Associated charging solutions should enable seamless processes that are easy, fully interoperable across European country borders and available at any time. The aim of this topic is to enable and improve massive smart on-street low-cost charging of EVs as well as improving the overall efficiency of power supply to the grid, including a space-and-time-oriented prediction and control of the global charging power demand, also enabling and improving smart home and office charging that could be explored by proposals to complement the on-street charging solutions.

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Low-disruptive renovation processes using integration of prefabricated solutions for energy-efficient buildings

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Code: 32113 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D4-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

Low-disruptive renovation processes, using prefabricated modules that are quick and easy to apply can play an important role in increasing the renovation rate of the European building stock. Renovation processes should cover the whole workflow from design to offsite manufacture, installation, compliance checking on site and end strategies for maintenance, operation and end of life.

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Long-term access and preservation infrastructure development for EOSC, including data quality aspects

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Code: 32111 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

In the digital and data driven paradigm promoted by Open Science, data is at the core of the scientific process and its production grows at ever increasing rates.
Coordination to harmonise practices and standards within and across the different scientific fields and adequate infrastructures are necessary to implement the level of curation and preservation needed and to offer the related services that differ in practice and effort per discipline ant type of data.

Considering that European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) aims at addressing many of the challenges faced when dealing with ensuring the long-term preservation of data along with the growing uptake of FAIR principles.

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Innovative and customizable services for EOSC Exchange

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Code: 32109 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

The aim is to provide researchers with a set of highly innovative new services via the EOSC Exchange. These would exploit, in a structural way, the cloud-based EOSC Core technologies and horizontal European compute and data management capacities that are part of the Minimum Viable EOSC platform in production.

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Development of tools, solutions, modules to enable R&I on the social aspects of the green transition

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Code: 32107 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-TECH-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

The aim of this topic is to deliver innovative tools, solutions and modules to enable research infrastructures to support studies and assessment on the social aspects of the green transition, advancing the state-of-art of RIs in the EU and Associated Countries, and showing transformative potential in their operation in line with the ambition of the European Union. Social aspects of the green transition may include: energy poverty and transport poverty, green jobs and skills, gender and equality aspects of the green transition, or other aspects of the fair transition towards climate neutrality. Proposals should link new modules on green transition to the data collection of European surveys, also integrating and harmonising what already exists at national and EU level.

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R&D for the next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools, methods, solutions for RI upgrade

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Code: 32103 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-TECH-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

The aim of this topic is to deliver innovative scientific instrumentation, tools, methods and solutions which advance the state-of-art of RIs in the EU and Associated Countries, and show transformative potential in RIs operation.

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Enabling a network of EOSC federated and trustworthy repositories and enhancing the framework of generic and discipline specific services for data and other research digital objects

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Code: 32100 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

Providing access to data is one of the key elements of Open Science that promotes sound, and reproducible scientific research. Implementation of FAIR data principles throughout the research data life cycle is a key goal of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and digital repositories are the first line of implementation of such principles.
EOSC aims at federating European trustworthy repositories to enhance access and use of research data.

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Supporting the EOSC Partnership in further consolidating the coordination and sustainability of the EOSC ecosystem

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Code: 32098 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

Support the further implementation of an effective pan-European cooperation framework and a thriving EOSC ecosystem in which stakeholders from all parts of the European Research Area pull together in a strategic and coordinated manner to ensure the achievement of the EOSC Partnership objectives.
Proposals should support the EOSC community at large by reinforcing the coordination mechanisms that link the EOSC partnership.

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FAIR and open data sharing in support of the mission adaptation to climate change

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Code: 32095 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

The overall objective of this topic is to accelerate research and innovation under the mission climate adaptation through better access, management, interoperability, reuse and citation of digital information, to be achieved by using and integrating EOSC resources ranging from EOSC federated infrastructures, services and data to guidelines, best practices, tools and metrics for the management of FAIR and open data, and to extend these resources to the relevant climate adaptation domains that are less familiar with EOSC.

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Consolidation of the RI landscape – Individual support for evolution, long term sustainability and emerging needs of pan-European research infrastructures

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Code: 32093 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-DEV-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

This topic targets the consolidation of the EU RI landscape through the support, together with member countries, to the strengthening, long-term sustainability, reorientation or evolution of ESFRI Landmarks or other European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs). Its specific scope could however be further defined to address specific emerging needs identified and agreed at EU level.

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Strengthen the bilateral cooperation on research infrastructures with Africa

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Code: 32091 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-DEV-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

This topic aims at fostering EU-Africa cooperation in Research Infrastructures, sharing of good practices and experiences to facilitate the development of a strategic approach for structuring RI capacities at pan-African level.

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Research infrastructure concept development

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Code: 32088 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-DEV-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

This topic aims at supporting the development of new concepts for the next generation of research infrastructures of European interest, single/multi sited, distributed or virtual, that none or few countries might individually be able to implement.
All fields of research can be considered.

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New digital twins for Destination Earth

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Code: 31996 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-TECH-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

Destination Earth, for which the operational capacity building is funded from the Digital Europe Programme, aims to develop a high precision digital model of the Earth to model, monitor and simulate natural phenomena and related human activities.

The aim is to develop new digital twin infrastructures that the core simulation, data fusion and supporting software infrastructures for high-performance computing and data handling can be seamlessly integrated with the Destination Earth platform components.

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AR/VR-empowered digital twins for modelling complex phenomena in new RI application areas

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Code: 31994 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2024-TECH-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

The aim of this topic is to deliver digital twin solutions which advance the state-of-art of European RIs and show transformative potential in RI operations. The solutions should pave way for new ways to conduct experiments by the RIs through AR/VR (augmented reality/virtual reality) empowered digital twins. Mixed reality (XR) technologies can also be considered.

The focus is on newer application areas, such as healthcare, safety and security, to understand complex real-world systems, particularly in application areas constrained by specific physical limitations (like radiation, pressure or temperature).

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Experimentation and exchange of good practices for value creation

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Code: 31992 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

To bring existing good practices in knowledge valorisation to support value creation across Europe, we need more experimentation, peer learning and testing of new models as well as trying out good practices in different environments.

Replication and adaptation of best practices is a powerful way to support the design, implementation and evaluation of knowledge valorisation investments and measures that enhance the quality and extent of knowledge uptake at all levels.

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Capacity building on Intellectual Property (IP) management to support open science

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Code: 31990 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

This topc is focused on capacity building on Intellectual Property (IP) management to support open science.

This calls for supporting education and training in IP management that enables open science and for building capacity in research organisations and their staff, with the objective to support and equip researchers at all stages of their career with the knowledge they need in this area.

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Strengthening researchers’ skills for better careers – leveraging the European Competence Framework for Researchers

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Code: 31987 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

Skills are of utmost importance for researchers, they allow them to perform high quality research, and to make the overall European R&I system competitive and challenges-proof. However, it is crucial that researchers are equipped not only with research-specific skills, but also with transversal skills that allow them to be interoperable between academia and the other sectors, including industry and business, and to be capable to establish entrepreneurial activities to turn innovative ideas into business and lead to social, environmental and economic profitability.

Being equipped with a wide spectrum of skills is of high benefit for researchers, who can have access to an enlarged number of opportunities for career development compared to the limited ones available in academia, but also for the labour market, which is in constant need for highly skilled talents such as researchers.

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Support to the development and implementation of policies and practices for reproducibility of scientific results

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Code: 31985 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

Increasing the reproducibility of scientific results, i.e., the possibility for scientists and the scientific community to obtain the same results as the originators, contributes to higher quality and more efficient research processes, more trustworthy results, increasing reuse by other researchers, more effective translation into innovations, and higher return on investments in research.

The aim of this topic is to facilitate the development and implementation of policies and practices, by research performing organisations, research funding organisations, learned societies and publishers that enhance reproducibility of scientific results.

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Support for the professionalisation of research management

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Code: 31983 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

There is a strong need for creating sustained pan-European research management training – both in virtual and in non-virtual curricula.

This action aims to contribute to improve the European R&I system across the entire ERA by particularly strengthening the capacity for research management in the European Union’s public research performing and funding organisations.

The aim of this action is to further develop and implement a methodology to identify, train and ‘professionalise’ individuals who are essential support for the ‘research enterprise’.

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Programme level collaboration between national R&I policy-makers

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Code: 31981 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

This topic is focused on the programme level collaboration between national R&I policy-makers.

The actions funded under this topic will coordinate national and regional R&I funding programmes by pooling national resources and contributing to the alignment of national research and innovation policies.

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Global cooperation in not-for-profit open access publishing

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Code: 31979 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

The aim of this topic is to support the cooperation between such not-for-profit publishing services and their editors to enable the flow of knowledge between the European Union and one or more other areas of the world, and in more than one discipline. It is expected that most of the activities of the actions will take place online, and that platforms and other online tools will be used to perform as many of the activities as possible.

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Next generation AI and Human Behaviour: promoting an ethical approach

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Code: 31976 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

One of the key challenges is that the meaning and appropriate interpretation of the key concepts and principles in AI guidelines will often be highly context specific.
To develop affective AI systems, researchers aim to improve their understanding of the way the human brain learns and transfers knowledge. Potentially, this understanding will help to build explainable, trustworthy, and human-centric AI systems and processes.

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Support to the implementation of inclusive gender equality plans

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Code: 31973 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

This inclusion scheme aims to strengthen and go beyond the minimum GEP requirements as defined in Horizon Europe eligibility criterion and to support the implementation of inclusive GEPs and policies, in line with the new ERA policy agenda objectives.

Actions should clearly outline the approach for boosting gender equality strategies by addressing new areas, such as intersectionality and diversity, gender budgeting, gender and innovation, and the long-term impact of COVID-19 on gender equality in R&I, among others.

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Policy coordination to support all aspects of inclusive Gender Equality Plans and policies in the ERA

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Code: 31971 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

There is a need for policy coordination to advance the implementation of the ERA gender equality and inclusiveness objectives within Member States, Associated Countries and among other ERA stakeholders, building on the commitment expressed through the Ljubljana Declaration on gender equality in research and innovation.

This action focuses on the development of a sustainable network of national representatives from all EU Member States and Associated Countries, both from national bodies (e.g., ministries) and from national research funding organisations, to support the implementation of the gender equality and inclusiveness objectives of the ERA.

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EU Award for (Academic) Gender Equality Champions

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Code: 31962 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-GENDER-Prize | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/12/2023 | End submission calls: 25/01/2024

This is a call (contest) for an EU recognition prize in the field of gender equality and inclusiveness. The “EU Award for (Academic) Gender Equality Champions” is a Prize scheme meant as a booster and complement to the requirement for higher education and research organisations applying to Horizon Europe to have in place a Gender Equality Plan (GEP) as an eligibility criterion, and a tool for advancing inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new ERA policy agenda.

In total, there will be four winners:
- two winners in the prize category “Sustainable Gender Equality Champions”
- one winner in the prize category “Newcomer Gender Equality Champions”
- one winner in the prize category “Inclusive Gender Equality Champions”
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Space technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness

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Code: 31702 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-73 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/11/2023 | End submission calls: 21/03/2024

This topic is focused on research and innovation to mature critical space technologies that currently have dependency issues for use in the EU space programme components and discussed within the frame of the European Commission-ESA-EDA Joint Task Force (JTF).

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Quantum Space Gravimetry Phase-B study & Technology Maturation

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Code: 31697 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-64 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/11/2023 | End submission calls: 21/03/2024

The final objective of this call is to prepare the next phases of the implementation of a Quantum Space Gravimetry (QSG) pathfinder mission. To achieve this objective, one proposal for a phase B study, as specified in ECSS‐M‐ST‐10C, leading to a preliminary definition of a quantum space gravimetry pathfinder mission, will be selected.

The focus of the QSG pathfinder mission shall be on the operation of a complete quantum accelerometer system and the detailed characterization of its performance in space.

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Copernicus for Security

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Code: 31695 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-36 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/11/2023 | End submission calls: 21/03/2024

Copernicus Security Services provide, today, a valuable contribution to civil security, law enforcement operations and crisis management in Europe as well as in support to its external actions. Technology and space capacities have been evolving significantly, creating opportunities for an increased outreach across a broader spectrum of related applications.

Member states are also calling to reinforce Copernicus to better contribute to resilience and security in support to civil security and to better react and recover from major upcoming crisis of various forms, such as population displacement due conflicts, impact of climate change or extreme weather phenomena at global or regional levels.

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Copernicus for Land and Water

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Code: 31693 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-35 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/11/2023 | End submission calls: 21/03/2024

This topic is focused on the enhancement of quality and efficiency of the Copernicus Land Monitoring service, including water, in order to respond to Green Deal policy and/or user requirements.

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Quantum sensing and metrology for market uptake (IA)

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Code: 31689 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-45 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

Proposals under this topic should address the development of mature quantum sensing technologies and single or network-operating devices that have the potential to find a broad range of new applications.

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Pilot line(s) for 2D materials-based devices (RIA)

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Code: 31687 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-31 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

Proposals under this topic should focus on the (co-)integration of 2DM with established technologies such as CMOS integration and heterogeneous integration.

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Public recognition scheme for Open Source (CSA)

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Code: 31685 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-23 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

The action should first develop a scheme including a list of fields related to Open Source. An indicative but non-exhaustive nor obligatory list of topics could include deep contributions to kernel code, brilliant utilization of open source in companies’ new developments.

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Photonics Innovation Factory for Europe (Photonics Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 31683 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-55 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

The aim of this topic is to provide a virtual factory with a flexible and open structure, allowing for a multiplicity of competitive actors and services operating as a sustainable fully integrated European ecosystem of cross-border deep innovation support in core photonics technologies for the benefit of European industry. The factory should lower the entry threshold to photonics and facilitate the broad uptake and integration of these technologies in new products and processes with high potential impact in the market and on society.

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Smart photonics for joint communication & sensing and access everywhere (Photonics Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 31680 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-54 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

This topic is focused on smart photonics for joint communication, sensing and access everywhere.

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Fundamentals of Software Engineering (RIA)

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Code: 31678 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-22 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

The expected outcome of this topic are the software engineering methods, tools, and best practices leveraging, among others, novel AI and data technologies to accelerate the development and maintenance of software, including for multi-architecture systems, addressing in particular efficient and agile modelling, verification and validation, as well as vulnerability assessment and mitigation.

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Industrial leadership in AI, Data and Robotics boosting competitiveness and the green transition (AI Data and Robotics Partnership)

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Code: 31676 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

Proposals should demonstrate the added value of integrating either AI and Data, or AI, Data and Robotics technologies through large-scale validation scenarios reaching critical mass and mobilising the user industry, while demonstrating high potential impact contributing to the European Green Deal objectives.

Focus should be given to attracting new user industries, and/or showing new business opportunities to boost the uptake of AI, Data and Robotics in major sectors and stimulate the involvement where appropriate of end-users to define the technological barriers to uptake and the use cases for deployment.

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Novel paradigms and approaches, towards AI-powered robots– step change in functionality (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 31673 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

For robots to be usefully and efficiently deployed to perform new activities in physical interaction with the real world requires an improvement in and expansion of the range of functionalities robots can deploy. This needs to take place in sectors where the capabilities of robots can be utilised to progress productivity in critical industries, support European industries essential for sovereignty and in sectors with high impact across Europe such as manufacturing, healthcare, agri-food, construction etc.

In particular the following major areas of functional performance need to be progressed to the next level of performance:
- significant enhancement of navigation capabilities in order to enhance mobility (underwater, on the ground, in the air, in the body, in areas difficult to reach, on rough terrain, in unpredictable environments, in areas including people or other moving agents, etc.), particularly in highly dynamic and complex environments.
- extension of manipulation capabilities to address:
  - large (of the order of metres to 10s of meters in scale), or heavy (of the order of 100kg to multiple 100kg )
  - or small objects of millimetre or centimetre scale, or smaller; ,
  - or of objects that are soft, deformable, articulated, delicate or hazardous objects;
Each of these require significant advances in precision, force, speed, re-planning, physical perception, grasping, manipulation (including bi-manual), etc.), in order to achieve beyond human capability in manipulation and dexterity.

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Open Source for Cloud/Edge to support European Digital Autonomy (RIA)

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Code: 31670 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-21 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

This topic is focused on the Open Source for Cloud/Edge in order to support European Digital Autonomy (RIA).

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ERC Proof of Concept Grants

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Code: 31665 | Identifier Code: ERC-2024-POC | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 16/11/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

The ERC Proof of Concept Grants aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research and are therefore available only to Principal Investigators whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research.

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ERC Public Engagement with Research Award - ERC-2024-PERA

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Code: 31622 | Identifier Code: ERC-2024-PERA | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 14/11/2023 | End submission calls: 21/02/2024

With the ERC Public Engagement with Research award, the ERC wishes to recognise and reward outstanding science communicators among its Principal Investigators who successfully engage audiences outside their domain with ERC-funded research.

Public engagement is defined for the purposes of this prize as the involvement of the public in the design, conduct or dissemination of activities funded by the ERC. Engagement is a two-way process, involving interaction and mutual understanding for mutual benefit.

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Strategic Business Alliance for Urban Mobility – E&S Permanently Open call

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Code: 31446 | Identifier Code: EITUM-BP23-25 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 20/10/2023 | End submission calls: 20/12/2023

EIT UM aims to play a pivotal role in scouting and supporting the most innovative and impactful ventures. The overall purpose of the Strategic Business Alliance for Urban Mobility call is to foster potential collaborations between key partners to create high potential business opportunities able to accelerate the urban mobility sustainable transition. In this way, EIT UM would like to create the environment to enable innovative start-ups and companies’ growth in the urban mobility market.

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Bio-printing of living cells for regenerative medicine

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Code: 31415 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-TOOL-11-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/10/2023 | End submission calls: 11/04/2024

This topic focuses on bioprinting of living cells for regenerative medicine.

Moreover, 3D printing is generally considered advanced technical manufacturing and 3D analytical printing of non-viable biomaterials to serve e.g. as a scaffold for cell growth or as a structure for medical devices that are already widely used.

However, bioprinting technology involving living cells is still in its infancy, but has enormous potential for tissue engineering, drug testing, and other biomedical applications. Tissue-specific functional 3D bioprinting is a new approach for transformative applications in regenerative medicine, based on the fabrication of tissues and organs with respect to their desired shape and function and implementation in vivo.

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Pandemic preparedness and response: Hostpathogen interactions of infectious diseases with epidemic potential

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Code: 31413 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-08-20 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/10/2023 | End submission calls: 11/04/2024

Viral disease emergence is expected to accelerate due to among other factors, climate change, and thus a proactive approach to the development of vaccines and inhibitors for the cellular uptake of viruses in preparedness for future infectious disease outbreaks is needed. The availability of vaccines and candidates that inhibit cellular uptake of viruses would provide a critical preparedness measure against future health threats, in particular against pathogens with high pandemic potential meeting the criteria identified by the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA).

Proposals should follow innovative approaches to characterise host-pathogen interactions with a view to inhibit viral replication, viral proteases, viral exit strategies and to develop therapeutic antibodies and vaccines that target viruses with high epidemic or pandemic potential for the EU. Proposals should focus on the following viruses: Hendra and Nipah virus, Lassa virus, Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, Rift Valley fever virus, Ebola and Marburg virus, Dengue virus, Yellow Fever virus, Zika virus, West Nile fever virus and Chikungunya virus. Proposal should take into account sex and gender aspects.

Proposals should aim to diversify and accelerate the global therapeutic research and development pipeline for emerging and re-emerging viral infections, and to strengthen the current leading role of the EU in therapeutic research and development, and therefore contributing to the work of the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA).

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Pandemic preparedness and response: Maintaining the European partnership for pandemic preparedness

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Code: 31410 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-08-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/10/2023 | End submission calls: 11/04/2024

The European partnership for pandemic preparedness is working to improve the EU’s preparedness to predict and respond to emerging infectious health threats by better coordinating funding for research and innovation at EU, national (and regional) level towards common objectives and an agreed Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda. Such a partnership contributes to building a coherent European Research Area (ERA), enabling Member States, Associated Countries and the European Commission to rapidly and jointly support research and innovation in pandemic preparedness.

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Gaining experience and confidence in New Approach Methodologies (NAM) for regulatory safety and efficacy testing – coordinated training and experience exchange for regulators

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Code: 31407 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-IND-06-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/10/2023 | End submission calls: 11/04/2024

The proposals should focus on alternatives to the use of animals for regulatory safety and efficacy testing. Applicants should propose activities that bring together NAM developers and NAM users with European regulators responsible for the safe use of chemicals (e.g. industrial chemicals, pesticides, biocides and cosmetics) and pharmaceuticals in order to inform on NAM solutions available and to encourage the building of a framework on how these NAMs could be most effectively used in the different decision-making contexts. For NAMs applicable to chemical risk assessment, collaboration with existing initiatives such as the Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC) and the ASPIS cluster of projects (Animal-free Safety Assessment of chemicals: Project cluster for Implementation of novel Strategies) is encouraged.

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Developing EU methodological frameworks for clinical/performance evaluation and post-market clinical/performance follow-up of medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDs)

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Code: 31404 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-IND-06-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/10/2023 | End submission calls: 11/04/2024

The Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and in vitro diagnostic medical device Regulation (IVDR) provides a new regulatory framework where reinforcement of clinical/performance evaluation of medical devices and IVDs, and in particular high-risk medical devices, is a key element. The confirmation of conformity with the relevant general safety and performance requirements set out in the MDR and IVDR is based on clinical data and its assessment (clinical/performance evaluation), including the evaluation of the acceptability of the benefit-risk- ratio. Within this new framework, the clinical/performance evaluation should follow a defined and methodologically sound procedure based on the critical evaluation of the relevant scientific literature, a critical evaluation of the results of all available clinical investigations/performance studies, as well as consideration of currently available alternative treatment options for the device under evaluation. Clinical/performance evaluation has to be updated throughout the life cycle of the device. Hence, clinical/performance evaluation can draw on multiple types of data including data from initial clinical investigations/performance studies and data gathered by the manufacturer’s post-market surveillance system. To operationalise this new requirement, research is needed to help regulators develop common methodological frameworks (including common specifications) on the clinical evidence needed to demonstrate safety, performance and clinical benefit all along the life cycle of devices taking into account the type of device and clinical intended purpose.

Such methodological frameworks and standardised approaches are particularly needed for high-risk medical devices, e.g. implantable and class III medical devices, class C and D IVDs, medical device software (including AI enabled devices and next generation sequencing) and other highly innovative devices.

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Thematic networks to compile and share knowledge ready for practice

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Code: 31387 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-9 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

Successful proposals will focus on sharing knowledge in a language that is understandable and targeted at farmers and foresters. They will address primary producers’ need for unbiased and tailored knowledge about management options relevant to the needs, challenges or opportunities they face.

They will also accelerate innovation and acceptance of results and will be key to improving sustainability. They will contribute to effective Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS).

Research findings are often not incorporated into agricultural and forestry practice.

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EU-China international cooperation on improving monitoring for better integrated climate and biodiversity approaches, using environmental and Earth observation

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Code: 31371 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-01-7 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The successful proposal is aiming to improve terrestrial monitoring as well as maximising synergies with biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation and adaptation, by using or acquiring environmental data, particularly geographically explicit data such as ground-based observation and remote sensed Earth observation data. This with a view to contribute to the objectives of climate-neutrality, adaptation to climate change and reversing biodiversity loss at global levels, with a focus on the EU and China.

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Land use change and local / regional climate

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Code: 31369 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-01-4 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The conservation and enhancement of Earth’s natural terrestrial carbon sinks such as soils and plants in forests, on farmed lands as well as peatlands and wetlands is crucial. The European Green Deal and EU sectoral policies such as the common agricultural policy give research and innovation (R&I) a significant role to play in supporting the design and implementation of policies that will ensure the achievement of the EU’s climate objectives.

Project implementation is expected to contribute to mitigation of and adaptation to climate change and to help achieve climate-neutrality in the land-use sector by 2035 (combining net removals from Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry with biogenic emissions from agriculture) and climate neutrality of all sectors by 2050.

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Demonstrating the potential of Naturebased Solutions and the New European Bauhaus to contribute to sustainable, inclusive and resilient living spaces and communities

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Code: 31367 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-02-2-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

The overall aim of this topic and associated R&I activities is to leverage the New European Bauhaus (NEB) core values of sustainability, inclusion and aesthetics in Nature-based Solutions (NBS), in light of a wider transformation to enable a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient society.

NBS can be an integral part of our living spaces that contribute to our well-being, promote togetherness and connect to our cultural heritage. There is growing evidence that NBS are a valuable entry for transforming behaviour towards sustainability, while contributing with multiple benefits that help communities address different societal challenges – from microclimate regulation to climate change, water management, green job creation, tourism opportunities, urban regeneration, health and well-being.

The NEB aims to make the European Green Deal a positive and tangible experience for citizens, connecting it to our daily lives and living spaces. It is a bridge between the world of science and technology, art and culture and is about leveraging our green and digital challenges to transform our lives and society. By integrating the values of sustainability, inclusion and aesthetics/quality of experience, the NEB supports the development of holistic solutions to global challenges through a place-based, participatory, and transdisciplinary approach.

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Demonstrating Nature-based Solutions for the sustainable management of water resources in a changing climate, with special attention to reducing the impacts of extreme droughts

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Code: 31364 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-02-1-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

Due to the changing climate, many European regions are already facing more frequent, severe, and longer lasting droughts. Extreme droughts can have cascading effects; e.g., they reduce water levels in rivers and ground water, stunt tree and crop growth, increase pest attacks, favour the occurrence of sand drifts and storms and fuel wildfires. Moreover, impacts of extreme droughts accumulate over time across large areas, and the effect can linger for years. In areas with an intense demand for water supply, the impacts of droughts add up to the stress imposed to water systems by human activities.

Nature-based Solutions are highly adaptable to respond to changing local conditions and are often more cost and resource efficient than purely technological approaches in the longer term.

River basin management plans are still limited in the recognition of NBS capacity to contribute to drought resilience. Furthermore, we are still missing more and longer-term evidence of the combined effects of different designs and combinations of NBS operating in different contexts (urban, peri-urban and rural) and/or at different scales and/or different climatic zones, in what regards the sustainable management of water resources to reduce the impacts of extreme droughts. At the same time, the co-benefit that these NBS may bring to reduce hydrogeological risks such as flood peaking and stabilising hydrographs for both droughts and floods is still to be demonstrated.

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Promoting pollinator friendly farming systems

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Code: 31359 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-6 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The production of many crops depends on pollinators. Different types of measures are needed to tackle the causes of pollinator decline, enhance crop pollination, and promote pollinators in agriculture. Many crops have specific traits, which have been identified to enhance crop–pollinator interactions. This could also improve crop yields, nutritional resources for pollinators and promote a pollinator-friendly agriculture.

Pollination activities are also impacted by variety (genotype), environment, and management practices (GxExM). Pollinator-specific planning needs to consider temporal and spatial crop management and other strategies of management (e.g., field margin composition and structure) to enhance pollination services.

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Digital for nature

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Code: 31356 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

A massive use of automated, and potentially mobile, sensor technologies (such as, but not limited to, images, video, sounds/ultra-sounds recording, spectral signatures, structure description by lidar, environmental DNA sampling, etc.) the use of remote sensing technologies (e.g. to over large areas, monitor environmental condition) and associated with processing algorithms (in particular, but not limited to, deep learning and AI processing algorithms) is therefore needed. The goal of this topic is to facilitate the access to data, encourage the usage of automated/robotic/space data collection systems for data collection, encourage community approaches for the exchange of data and good practices (in particular for data processing).

The successful proposal is expected to address the needs in terms of IT solutions, to increase information density, in terms of species and habitats sampled, territory coverage, timeliness, and accuracy.

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Animal nutritional requirements and nutritional value of feed under different production management conditions

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Code: 31339 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-02-5-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

The proposed project will focus on existing or alternative source of nutrients using value chain approaches to maximize feed production and feed use efficiency, supporting the local environment and farm circularity.

The aim is to optimise the use of local feedstuffs, shorten supply chains and rely more on local resources. It is important to investigate content, availability and digestibility of nutrients in locally available feedstuffs in different pedo-climatic regions and livestock systems, without compromising feed safety and efficiency.

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EIC Accelerator Challenge: Customer-driven, innovative space technologies and services

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Code: 31320 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 08/11/2023

The overall goal of this Challenge is to ensure Europe is able to service and protect its own Space infrastructure, avoiding the risk of losing its strategic autonomy, and enhance the competitiveness of its space industry by encouraging the emergence of innovative, interoperable, scalable, and autonomous “customer-driven” innovative space technologies and services.

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EIC Accelerator Challenge: Emerging semiconductor or quantum technology components

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Code: 31318 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 08/11/2023

This Challenge contributes to the objectives of the Chips Act by supporting the development of critical technologies where start-ups and SMEs with disruptive innovations have the potential to scale up and help ensure the future open strategic autonomy of the Union.

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EIC Accelerator Challenge: New European Bauhaus and Architecture, Engineering and Construction digitalisation

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Code: 31316 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 08/11/2023

The overarching objective of this Challenge is to provide transformative digital products or digitally enabled solutions for the AEC sector that can help it achieve climate neutrality while striving to comply with or contribute to the human-centred quality values and principles brought forward by the New European Bauhaus.

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EIC Accelerator Challenge: Novel technologies for resilient agriculture

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Code: 31313 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 08/11/2023

This Challenge aims to improve the resilience of the European food supply chain and security, notably by improving agricultural productivity and fostering environmentally sustainable technologies, all while regenerating and increasing soil health and ecosystem services. By aiming to valorise crop residues, this Challenge also aims to contribute to better carbon and nitrogen management practices, to mitigation of climate change and environmental challenges including biodiversity loss and pollution.

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EIC Accelerator Challenge: Aerosol and surface decontamination for pandemic management

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Code: 31308 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 08/11/2023

This Challenge calls for proposals by SMEs with technologies, backed by scientific evidence, supporting normal social interaction, devoid of social distancing, in the presence of air- or surface-borne pathogens. In doing so, this Challenge aims to strengthen EU’s industry preparedness and competitiveness in the area of pandemic safety technologies.

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EIC Accelerator Challenge: Energy storage

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Code: 31305 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 08/11/2023

This Challenge targets groundbreaking innovations in any field of technology that have a high potential to meet the following objectives:
- to store electric and/or thermal energy at low cost, high density, high charging/discharging efficiency and enhanced durability.
- to design technological approaches (chemical, electrical, electrochemical, mechanical, thermal) for energy storage at different scales (centralised at large industrial facilities premises or distributed and at small scale level – mobile electronics), duration (short – millisecond to day, medium – days to month and long term – months to seasons) and uses (from stationary to mobile).
- to develop technologies that, without using critical raw materials or ensuring the maximisation of their recycle/reuse, minimise their carbon footprint measured through a life-cycle analysis (including cost and social impact evaluation). The integration of technologies in products and services shall embrace circular and life cycle thinking approach, and support the transition to a circular economy.
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EIC Accelerator Challenge: Novel biomarker-based assays to guide personalised cancer treatment

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Code: 31302 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 08/11/2023

This EIC Accelerator Challenge aims to improve the efficacy, safety and uptake of therapeutic approaches against refractory cancers, using novel comprehensive predictive, prognostic and companion diagnostic tests, in the context of precision oncology.

The overall goal of this Challenge is to support and accelerate the preclinical validation and/or clinical phase 1 work carried out by innovative SMEs (including start-ups, spinouts) and small midcaps to develop novel predictive, prognostic and companion diagnostic assays to guide cancer treatment.

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Increasing the availability and use of non-contentious inputs in organic farming

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Code: 31265 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-02-1-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

Promoting the use of more sustainable agricultural practices is a policy objective enshrined in the European Green Deal and its related strategies. Strengthening organic agriculture, one of the objectives of the EU’s farm-to-finish and biodiversity strategies, can go a long way towards achieving this ambition and, therefore, the climate ambition, as the organic farming contributes directly and significantly to the storage of carbon in soils and biomass. In addition, the Commission Communication “Ensuring food security and strengthening the resilience of food systems” highlights the role that organic agriculture can play in reducing the EU’s dependence on external inputs, as organic agriculture is recognized, among other things, for limiting the use of off-farm inputs.

Organic legislation allows the use of a specific set of products with less impact on the environment and soil. It is important to continue to explore ways to phase out and replace questionable inputs used in organic farming and to increase the availability, accessibility and use of alternatives to these products. In this way, due attention should be given to system approaches that take into account the entire agricultural system and its relationship to the soil and landscape levels. In addition, to address the needs of farmers in this sector, socially innovative solutions are required.

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Conservation and protection of carbon-rich and biodiversity-rich forest ecosystems

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Code: 31251 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-8 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Biodiversity-rich forest ecosystems, in particular at the species’ distribution edges, are at a high risk in light of a rapidly changing climate.
For tree species assisted migration and assisted gene flow is considered as a possibly solution in actively managed forests, the dependent forest communities (e.g., plants, fungi, insects, soil microorganisms etc.) might fail to follow the speed of habitat shifts what in turn may result in a loss of biodiversity. In addition, migration failure of mutualistic species (fungi, mycorrhiza) can jeopardize the success of tree migration.
Protected areas without the option for assisted migration, will particularly depend on the larger landscape context for community migration and adaptation, as many of them have not been designed to account for the long-term and large-scale dynamics.

Overall, this topic is focused on the conservation and protection of carbon-rich and biodiversity-rich forest ecosystems.

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Dependence of society and the economy on pollinators

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Code: 31249 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The importance of pollinators for humankind is common knowledge, featuring prominently outside of the scientific realm in popular culture and arts. Yet, even well-known benefits provided by pollinators such as crop pollination are still inadequately understood. Other benefits remain for the most part obscure, and thus unacknowledged, due to the lack of research targeting the complexity of pollinator niches and plant-pollinator networks. Amid the dramatic decline of pollinating species in Europe, these gaps hinder understanding of the character and full magnitude of threats to human wellbeing. Moreover, the gaps hinder mainstreaming of the conservation of pollinators, and more broadly biodiversity, in the public and private sector and thereby impede an effective societal response. This topic aims to address fundamental knowledge gaps in functional roles of pollinators in natural (natural plant-pollinators networks) and human-modified ecosystems (e.g. agro-ecosystem), and building on that i) advance research on far reaching consequences of their decline and scenario planning and ii) develop and disseminate tools that enable systematic mainstreaming in key sectors.

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EU-African Union – towards climate-neutral, social just fair trade food systems

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Code: 31245 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The farm to fork strategy aims to accelerate the transition to a sustainable food system that should have a neutral or positive environmental impact, help to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts. New opportunities in EU-African trade are opening-up for trade regimes with co-benefits for producers, climate and citizens.

The African countries signed the African Continental Free Trade Agreement and launched an action plan for Boosting Intra-African Trade with a view to strengthening regional integration. It is also one of the key priorities of the Africa Agenda 2063 and a major step towards African continental economic integration.

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Innovating for climate-neutral rural communities by 2050

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Code: 31243 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02-1-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

The EU aims to be climate-neutral by 2050 – an economy with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. This objective is in line with the EU’s commitment to global climate action under the Paris Agreement and it is reflected in the European Green Deal objectives. Considering that approximately one third of EU citizens live in rural areas, which represent 83% of the EU territory, it is key to empower rural communities to transit towards sustainability by fostering innovation in key areas such as environment and sustainable management of resources (air, soil, water), energy, transport, agriculture, industry, bioeconomy, and finance and ensure that no one is left behind.

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Impact of the development of novel foods based on alternative sources of proteins

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Code: 31240 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-7 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The successful proposal will support R&I to promote the production, provision and safe consumption of alternative sources of protein, and dietary shifts towards sustainable healthy nutrition, contributing to the transformation of food systems to deliver co-benefits for climate (mitigation and adaptation), biodiversity, environmental sustainability and circularity, sustainable healthy nutrition and safe food, food poverty reduction, empowerment of communities, and thriving businesses.

Novel foods can be newly developed, innovative foods, foods produced using new technologies and production processes, as well as foods that are or have been traditionally eaten outside of the EU. Alternative sources of proteins (i.e. other than conventional sources of proteins such as meat and dairy or mainstreamed from classical crops) may be considered as novel foods. Novel Foods can only be authorised in the EU market if they do not pose any risk to human health, the food’s intended use does not mislead consumers and are not nutritionally disadvantageous.

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Paludiculture: large-scale demonstrations

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Code: 31238 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-01-3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

This topic will support the European Green Deal, notably its climate objectives and the EU proposal for a nature restoration law of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030. Earth’s natural terrestrial carbon sinks, in particular peatlands and wetlands, are expected to play a crucial role in reaching EU climate objectives thanks to the conservation and restoration of ecosystems with large potential for carbon sequestration.

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MSCA COFUND 2023

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Code: 31215 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2023-COFUND-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/10/2023 | End submission calls: 08/02/2024

MSCA COFUND co-finances new or existing doctoral programmes and postdoctoral fellowship schemes withthe aim of spreading the best practices of the MSCA including international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research training, as well as international and cross-sectoral mobility of researchers at all stages of their career.

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MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023

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Code: 31213 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 05/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

MSCA Staff Exchanges promote innovative international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration in research and innovation through exchanging staff and sharing knowledge and ideas at all stages of the innovation chain.

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2nd EIT Manufacturing Call 2024 for Innovation proposals for the EIT Manufacturing Business Plan 2023-2025

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Code: 30970 | Identifier Code: 2nd EIT Manufacturing Call 2024 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 20/11/2023

EIT Manufacturing has announced the launch of the call “2nd EIT Manufacturing Call 2024 for Innovation proposals for the EIT Manufacturing Business Plan 2023-2025”, for the submission of applications.

Topic 1: Optimising production processes and increasing resource efficiency through digital solutions.

Topic 2: Socially sustainable and human-centric manufacturing.

Topic 3: Environmentally sustainable manufacturing through circular business models and new technologies.

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DC and AC/DC hybrid transmission and distribution systems

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Code: 30859 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

Projects are expected to implement the activities in (1) and the practical demonstration in (2) as described below:

1. R&I, methodologies and tools involving the activities in the three subtopics (A, B and C) listed below. These can be developed/complemented with others pertinent to each sub-topic.
2. Demonstration, test and validation of the activities developed in (1) in at least three pilots – one for each sub-topic (A, B and C) – in different EU Member States/Associated Countries.

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Condition & Health Monitoring in Power Electronics (PE) - Wide Band Gap PE for the energy sector

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Code: 30857 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

This topic is focused on condition & health monitoring in Power Electronics (PE) – Wide Band Gap PE for the energy sector.

Projects are expected to implement both the activities in (1) and the practical demonstration (2) as described below:

1. R&I, methodologies and tools involving the activities listed below. These can be developed/complemented with others pertinent to each sub-topic.
2. Demonstration, test and validation of the activities developed in (1) (A, B and C) in at least two pilots (all activities A, B and C developed for each pilot) in different EU Member States/Associated Countries.

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Promoting minor crops in farming systems

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Code: 30844 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-02-3-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

Farmers face increasing pressure to shift production towards lower input systems, while continuing to ensure sufficient supplies of food and non-food products. Activities shall release the value of minor crops and promote their broader use in breeding, farming and in food/non-food value chains. For the purpose of this topic, minor crops are defined as underutilised and/or genetically diverse crops (including landraces and varieties).

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Improving irrigation practices and technologies in agriculture

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Code: 30842 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-01-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Successful proposals will contribute to increasing the resilience of agriculture to drought with innovative irrigation systems that increase efficiency in water management.

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ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS

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Code: 30840 | Identifier Code: ERC-2024-COG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 12/12/2023

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

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Increasing the circularity in electronics value chains

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Code: 30820 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-02-3-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

The circular economy action plan (CEAP) highlights electronics including information and communications technology (ICT) equipment as one of the four particularly important material and product streams with regard to their circularity potential and their environmental footprint.

Proposals should address the priorities set in the CEAP, which states that “electrical and electronic equipment continues to be one of the fastest growing waste streams in the EU, with current annual growth rates of 2%. Proposals should aim to implement traceability solutions in support of recent policy developments, e.g. regarding the digital product passport. Projects should also help produce harmonised and robust methods to assess the amount of recycled content in sectoral products, which is key for a future review of green claims through authorities and consumer organisations.

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Unlock the potential of the New European Bauhaus in urban food system transformation

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Code: 30817 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-01-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Sustainable food systems can be an integral part of our living spaces including urban gardens, rooftop gardens and other nature-based solutions and positively transform our food environments. Exploiting the vision of New European Bauhaus and providing inclusive access, education and capacity building can provide multi-functional benefits and help transforming food systems especially in urban and peri-urban areas.

The overall aim of this topic and associated R&I activities is to leverage the New European Bauhaus values for urban and peri-urban food system transformation by positively transforming the food environment to enable sustainable, inclusive, and aesthetic ways of food system transformation.

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From silos to diversity – small-scale bio-based demonstration pilots

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Code: 30813 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-02-6-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

The current economy system is based on an intensive consumption of fossil fuels in a way that severely compromise the future of the planet due to the severe consequences in climate change. Europe’s future economic growth and jobs will increasingly have to come from innovation in sustainable products based on renewable resources and in line with the climate and biodiversity objectives. This topic addresses innovative business models and technology options in primary production sectors to unlock the potential of the bioeconomy in rural areas and to efficiently use underutilised biomass, in particular side streams from agriculture and forestry, for high value applications in small-scale bio-based demonstration pilots.

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Creating smart and attractive tools to enhance healthy and sustainable food provision, eating and treating of food at home

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Code: 30810 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-5 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The overall aim of this topic and associated R&I activities is to enhance healthy and sustainable diets aligned with national dietary advice by empowerment of citizens and their capacity to eat and cook at home in line with budgetary and time constraints as well as their living situation. Interventions should not target citizens directly, as full alignment with national policies and advice on nutrition and health needs to be ensured.

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Preventing and reducing food waste to reduce environmental impacts and to help reach 2030 climate targets

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Code: 30808 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-8 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Climate change and environmental degradation are recognised as the main challenges to tackle in the European Green Deal. Food waste prevention and reduction could contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, pollution reduction, better air quality, biodiversity preservation.

This topic should focus on preventing and reducing food waste to reduce environmental impacts and to help reach 2030 climate targets.

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Microbiome for flavour and texture in the organoleptic dietary shift

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Code: 30806 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-9 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The need for a holistic approach to realize the full potential of microbiome innovation has to develop bioinformatics prediction of smell and taste of microbes to create new nuances and flavours.

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Environmental impacts of food systems

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Code: 30804 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

When considering wider environmental and climate impacts of food systems, more information is needed to understand these impacts, particularly when it comes to pollution stemming from food processing, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, trade, consumption (including emerging food consumption trends, such as products of alternative diets), food waste and end of life practices.

The successful proposal should fill the relevant knowledge and data gaps. It should explain how it will deliver co-benefits to some of the Food 2030 priorities: climate, biodiversity and environment, circularity and resource efficiency, innovation and empowering communities. The data should be aligned with, and support the relevant objectives of the upcoming Sustainable food system framework initiative.

This topic is focused on environmental impacts of food systems.

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Selective breeding programme for organic aquaculture

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Code: 30802 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-9 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Breeding under organic conditions is essential to achieve the objectives of organic aquaculture and respect its principles. Breeding is at the same time essential to allow the farmers to reach good productive results and efficient use of the resources under organic production conditions.

Proposals should plan breeding programs under organic aquaculture for the main European aquaculture finfish species, i.e. seabass, seabream, trout and salmon. They should breed organic juveniles under organic production conditions respecting high animal welfare standards and should aim to improve species resilience, diseases resistances and feed efficiency satisfying nutritional needs using as much as possible alternative feed materials to increase production sustainability.

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Increasing the circularity in plastics value chains

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Code: 30796 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-02-2-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

The new circular economy action plan (CEAP) highlights plastics as one of the four particularly important material and product streams with regard to their circularity potential and their environmental footprint.

This topic is focused on increasing the circularity in plastics value chains.

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Tools to increase the effectiveness of EU import controls for plant health

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Code: 30792 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-02-3-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

Plant health is threatened by species injurious to plants and plant products, which now present a greater risk of being introduced into the Union territory owing to globalisation of trade and climate change. The current EU plant health legislative landscape aims at a proactive approach ensuring safe trade and mitigating the impacts of climate change on the health of the crops and forests in Europe.

Research activities should support these measures by contributing to the development of more rapid, reliable and economic innovative solutions and devices that can assist plant health inspectors at the borders. Technologies such as e-noses, acoustic devices, scanners, and portable devices for molecular identification of plant pests within hours/minutes of the specimen’s sampling often using limited amounts of plant or plant product material, and other relevant solutions, are included within the scope of this topic.

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Ocean models for seasonal to decadal regional climate impacts and feedbacks

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Code: 30783 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-01-6 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Most climate models include the ocean dimension that stops at the regional scale as defined by meteorology and climatology like in CORDEX In parallel, operational oceanography centres develop and operate ocean models (physics, biogeochemistry, sea-ice) for daily ocean forecasting and reanalysis that represent more exhaustively the full ocean dynamics. Methods should help close the gap between current climate projections (global, centennial) on the one hand and existing Copernicus Marine physics and biogeochemical models used for daily ocean forecasting.

This topic is focused on ocean models for regional climate impacts and feedbacks.

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Holistic approaches for effective monitoring of water quality in urban areas

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Code: 30780 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-ZEROPOLLUTION-02-1-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

This objective of this action is to develop and demonstrate a European wide ‘whole system monitoring approach’ to address emerging water pollution and water quality assurance in urban areas in various urban areas covering a wide number of water pollution challenges, , taking into consideration the interactions of pollution sources and pathways between urban areas and the surrounding river and where appropriate drainage basin, and improve the resilience of urban water systems towards pandemics and global and climate change challenges. New systemic concepts and holistic strategies to enhance urban water quality should be integrated and demonstrated in an operational environment, including decentralised systems, hybrid green-grey infrastructures or cascading use of water.

This topic is focused on a variety of holistic approaches for an effective monitoring of water quality in urban areas.

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New circular solutions and decentralised approaches for water and wastewater management

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Code: 30767 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-02-4-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Decentralised water and wastewater systems can play an important role in delivering such an innovative approach and has the potential for a sustainability transition of the water supply and sanitation sector, by treating wastewater close to its source. However, full and appropriate exploitation of these systems, requires further developments, in order to become economically affordable, ecologically sustainable and socially accepted. In addition, the integration between centralised and local, decentralised and/or semi-decentralised solutions should be further explored.

This topic is focused on new circular solutions and decentralised approaches for water and wastewater management.

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Climate change and food safety: effects of climate change on food safety across food systems

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Code: 30764 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-4 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The successful proposal will support R&I to foster advances in research related to integrated approaches along the food system for detecting, assessing, and mitigating food safety risks influenced by climate change.

This topic is focused on the effects of climate change on food safety across food systems.

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Best available techniques to recover or recycle fertilising products from secondary raw materials

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Code: 30719 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The scope of this CSA is the analysis of best available technologies for recovering/recycling fertilising products from secondary raw materials in Europe while limiting nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in soil, water and air and any other form of pollution from the use of such fertilising products and from the replacement of nitrogen- and phosphorus-based fertilisers produced from conventional processes (including mining and fossil-based processes). Examples of fertilising products within the scope are: recycled nutrients from urban and industrial waste water and sewage sludge, organic fertilising products from bio-waste, digestate and treated manure as well as other fertilising products from biological resources.

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Thematic network tackling food fraud by translating research and innovation into practice

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Code: 30711 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The successful proposals should therefore facilitate progress to preventing food fraud by translating research and innovation knowledge into practical applications.

This topic is focused on the thematic network tackling food fraud, translating research and innovation into practice.

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Demonstrating how regions can operate within safe ecological and regional nitrogen and phosphorus boundaries

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Code: 30709 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

This Innovation Action should demonstrate how to apply optimised N/P budgets, based on maximum allowable inputs of N/P at a regional/river basin scale, and create the necessary systemic and multi-actor transition pathways to ensure a sustainable integrated N/P management in the future. The aim is to show how N/P-relevant sectors (e.g., agriculture, aquaculture, forestry, industrial sectors, food/drink sector, water supply, water/waste management, bioenergy, fossil-based energy production, mining activities, transport, unintentional losses through leaching and run-off of agricultural nutrients etc.) in a given region can limit N/P emissions to air, water and soil from their activities by respecting pre-established regional N/P budgets and applying N/P balancing practices.

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Minimising climate impact on aquaculture: mitigation and adaptation solutions for future climate regimes

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Code: 30707 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-02-7-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Proposals are expected to enhance knowledge of the impacts of climate change on aquaculture production at environmental, social and economic levels.
This topic is focused on minimising the climate impact on aquaculture.

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Tackling outbreaks of plant pests

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Code: 30705 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-02-4-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Plant health is of global importance for agriculture, forestry, natural ecosystems, ecosystem services and biodiversity. Plant health is threatened by species injurious to plants and plant products, which present a greater risk of being introduced into the Union territory due to globalisation, trade and climate change. The prevention of entry and, if arrived within the EU territory, early detection and eradication are part of the plant health policies to avoid significant impacts in agriculture, forestry and environment by plant pests.

Proposals should target one or more plant pest(s) that are either Union quarantine plant pests present in the EU or Union quarantine pests which are priority pests in the EU, and that are of concern for agriculture and/or forestry, with the exception of plant pests targeted in Horizon Europe. Research activities should improve methods for an effective implementation of the principles of integrated pest management (IPM), whilst reflecting the move towards innovative biological and other non-chemical control and resistance breeding.

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Sustainable organic food innovation labs: reinforcing the entire value chain

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Code: 30703 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-02-2-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Investing in innovative careful processing techniques and sustainable and reusable packaging, streamlining the distribution and logistics of organic produce and agricultural input networks, and achieving a better understanding of quality and safety issues in organic supply chains, in combination with regulations, is important for creating new value for consumers.

This will enable small organic producers, in particular those located in remote areas, to find an outlet for their production and benefit from the added value of their organic certification. However, operators are often reluctant to convert to organics due to the lack of organised and efficient organic commercial supply chains. In addition to the cross-cutting problems faced by agri-food supply chains, organic distribution can entail high operating costs and an imbalance between supply and demand. Exchanging experience and knowledge can encourage the creation of local food markets and short supply chains, and uphold the integrity of the organic quality of the product.

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Societal perceptions and benefits of rural life and jobs: will COVID 19 generate a long-lasting shift?

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Code: 30685 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-01-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Rural areas are often described by the challenges they face: depopulation, demographic change, low income levels, limited access to services, low connectivity, discontent caused by the feeling of being overlooked and limited resilience. However, rural areas can be places of opportunities. Overall, there are increasing demands from the society that are putting pressure on rural areas and the Covid-19 crisis showed how important it is to keep essential services, e.g. the agri-food production that is an important part of the rural economies, active. To better respond to rural areas needs and challenges, and to revert the negative trends that affect the well-being of rural communities, it is important to better understand how rural life is perceived by urban and rural dwellers and to build a new narrative, based on facts, that highlight the opportunities of these places.

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New sustainable business and production models for farmers and rural communities

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Code: 30683 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02-2-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

EU agri-food value chains are diverse and dynamic, enabling them to meet the various consumers’ expectations, potentially helping producers increase value added. At the same time agriculture is characterised by a stagnant and low share of value added in the value chain due to: high input costs, structure of the food value chains (concentration upstream and downstream), variation in production and incorporation of new services. Therefore, rural communities as well as farmers are under increasing pressure to adopt sustainable business and production models that consider not only economic but also both social and environmental aspects. Moving towards more sustainable business and production systems requires adequate tools and measurement methods to assess and monitor the multi-performance of farms and rural businesses under different conditions.

This topic is focused on new sustainable business and production models for farmers and rural communities.

Successful proposals are expected to clearly address only one of the following areas: area A or area B.

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Circular solutions for textile value chains through innovative sorting, recycling, and design for recycling

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Code: 30663 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-02-1-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

The topic aims at improved management of the end-of-life phase of textile products. Proposals should address one or more of the following subjects and aim to combine them where relevant in a systemic way: facilitation of the disintegration of textile products through design, sorting, and recycling of textiles.

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Agro-pastoral/outdoor livestock systems and wildlife management

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Code: 30661 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Agro-pastoral/outdoor livestock farming systems, which include a large number traditional activities in Europe such as grazing systems, mountain livestock farming, transhumance, silvo-pastoral and agroforestry systems, offer beneficial effects to animal production and to habitat maintenance, carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation and soil protection.
The increased demand for natural resources by human population with the consequent fragmentation of wildlife habitat, together with the increased population of wild animals and the change in land use have often resulted in human-wildlife conflicts.
The implementation of a common and integrated approach at EU level is required to optimize the management of the co-existence of terrestrial wildlife (large carnivores, ungulates) and agro-pastoral/outdoor livestock systems at landscape level.

The successful proposal will help policy makers and other actors to monitor and improve the management of farming and terrestrial wildlife relationships, thus contributing to sustainable agriculture and ecosystem services.

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Minimising climate impact on fisheries: mitigation and adaptation solutions for future climate regimes

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Code: 30658 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-02-6-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

This topic is focused on minimising climate impact on fisheries.

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Innovative technologies for zero pollution, zero-waste biorefineries

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Code: 30656 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-ZEROPOLLUTION-02-2-two-stage Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

Successful proposals will support researchers and innovators to improve the environmental performances and circularity of bio-based systems in industrial sectors.

Pollution from anthropogenic activities undermines the integrity of Earth ecosystems and severely affects the natural resources essential for human life. The EU bioeconomy strategy 2030 sets environmental protection at the basis of the modernisation of bio-based industries in the Union, to ensure a trustful green transition of EU economy away from a linear fossil-based system.

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Circular design of bio-based processes and products

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Code: 30653 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-02-5-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

The bio-based processes and products within the scope of this topic do not include food, feed, biofuels, bioenergy and cultural and recreation sectors. The establishment of safe, resilient, competitive and equitable production and consumption systems with reduced environmental impacts on soil, water, and air quality, biodiversity and climate, is part of the objectives of the EU circular economy.

Successful proposals will enable the bio-based industries in the Union, including SMEs, to contribute to the enhancement of European industrial sustainability, competitiveness and resource independence and to the deployment of innovative and sustainable value-chains in the bio-based sectors as a prerequisite and driver of future solutions for a circular economy and the bioeconomy transitions.

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EU-African Union cooperation on agroforestry management for climate change adaptation and mitigation

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Code: 30651 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Achieving sustainable agricultural production that fosters both climate change mitigation and adaptation and biodiversity preservation and enhancement is a policy objective that implies finding a balance with farm productivity, socio-economic viability and wider sustainability goals. Agroforestry systems have the potential to increase ecosystem services – including soil carbon sequestration, water retention, erosion control, soil nutrients, pollination, pest- and disease-control – and biodiversity, while improving farming productivity, profitability and sustainability of farmers’ incomes. Implementation of agroforestry in the EU and the AU needs to be boosted in order to maximise this potential. The management of agroforestry systems is critical for their positive impact on climate and the environment as well as to ensure a balance with productivity and profitability for farmers. This is essential to promote the uptake and long-term sustainability of agroforestry.

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New healthy and sustainable food products and processes

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Code: 30643 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Further research is necessary to determine how the structural characteristics of plant-based foods deliver health benefits in modulating digestibility and in improving bioavailability of nutrients and how the physical structure may be modified by processing.

A food systems’ transformation is needed with a shift towards more healthy, safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable food for all, coupled with a respective change in the food production, distribution and consumption involving all the actors of the food chain.

A move to a plant-based diet with less red and processed meat, less salt, sugars, saturated and trans fats and additives, with more whole-grain cereals, fruit and vegetables, legumes and nuts, as well as processing efficiency and reduced losses and wastage along the food supply chains is needed.

This topic is focused on new healthy and sustainable food products and processes.

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Citizens’ science as an opportunity to foster the transition to sustainable food systems

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Code: 30641 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-6 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

There is a need for more data-driven decision making, engaging citizens in research through the provision of data on their practices, choices and attitudes towards the food system provides potential for a more direct citizen engagement in transforming food systems.

Citizen’s science is a fast-growing mode of research and innovation that can allow for enhanced food system transformation driven by engagement, trust and transparency. It can leverage relevant private relevant data to take stock of current citizens’ behaviour towards the food system, including aspects such as food consumption, marketing and food environment influence, health, mobility, regionality/locality, food-related waste generation and management, etc. by using collective intelligence.

This topic is focused on Citizens’ science as an opportunity to foster the transition to sustainable food systems.

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Climate-smart use of wood in the construction sector to support the New European Bauhaus

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Code: 30639 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-01-5 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

This topic will support the New European Bauhaus initiative and the implementation of the new EU forest strategy by making the construction sector more renewable and circular especially for existing buildings, which includes the use of currently underused timber such as hardwoods, salvage wood and post-consumer wood for traditional and newly emerging innovative woody biomass-based applications, while including circularity as part of a broader system and design loop.

Wood materials remain considerably under-utilised in the construction sector despite their durability and appreciation by end users. At the same time, there is a need for making the construction sector more renewable and circular, which includes the use of currently underused timber such as hardwoods, damage wood and post-consumer wood, while including circularity as part of a broader system and design loop. This requires new raw material sources and secondary material, technologies, and designs for wood components, specified products and for wooden buildings. Buildings need also to be adapted to climate change, including as regards summer and winter thermic performance.

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Invasive alien species

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Code: 30637 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Invasive alien species are one of the five main direct drivers of biodiversity loss. Besides inflicting major damage to nature and the economy, many invasive alien species also facilitate the outbreak and spread of infectious diseases, posing a threat to humans and native wildlife. Climate change and land-use changes facilitate the spread and establishment of many alien species and create new opportunities for them to become invasive. This topic is contributing to the adaptation to climate change.

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Bioeconomy project development assistance

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Code: 30634 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-8 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The successful proposal will improve the deployment of sustainable bioeconomy business models and solutions, which will help rural and coastal areas in achieving a just, green transition.

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Regional ecosystems of innovation to foster food system transformation

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Code: 30631 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

Collaboration between innovation actors across Europe is necessary to accelerate and master the innovative solutions needed for the food system transformation and the implementation of sustainable solutions.

Strong and well-connected food systems actors, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and industrial clusters, start-ups, universities/research centres, public authorities and civil society organisations, have the potential to become ecosystems of innovation facilitating coordination and multi-stakeholder engagement, to create an effective framework for action to support the food system transition in the EU and Associated Countries.

This topic is focused on the regional ecosystems of innovation to foster food system transformation.

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Circular solutions for textile value chains based on extended producer responsibility

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Code: 30629 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The purpose of this topic is to enable the optimal functioning of Extended Producer Responsibility schemes for textiles within the EU and to take into account the commitments of the textile strategy on Extended Producer Responsibility.

Proposals should aim to support the high-quality separate collection, preparation for treatment and treatment of used textiles and textile waste, thereby enabling the optimal functioning of EPR schemes in this sector.

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Circular bioeconomy start-up villages

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Code: 30627 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-9 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The proposal will contribute by accelerating rural fair and just transitions, developing innovative and sustainable value-chains and sharing platforms (e.g. Startup Village Forum).

Applicants should demonstrate how they will provide innovative circular, sustainable and socially fair bioeconomy solutions for:
- food systems transformation
- bio-based sectors, covering biological waste/residues and bio-based materials and products
- employing digital technologies and approaches.
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Circular Cities and Regions Initiative’s project development assistance (CCRI-PDA)

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Code: 30625 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The successful proposal will support the delivery of solutions to implement the European Green Deal, the circular economy action plan (CEAP) and the bioeconomy strategy. The topic will support the transition towards a sustainable, regenerative, inclusive and just circular economy across regions of Europe at local and regional scale.

The Circular Cities and Regions Initiative’s Project Development Assistance (CCRI-PDA) projects are part of the implementation of the European Commission’s Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI). The purpose of the CCRI-PDA is to help project promoters develop their circular economy proposals at local and regional scale by bringing together the technical, economic and legal expertise.

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Innovative circular solutions for furniture

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Code: 30622 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-3 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

A successful proposal will contribute to the following Destination impacts: i) enhance European industrial sustainability, competitiveness and resource independence, and ii) improve on consumer and citizen benefits.

Predominantly consisting of SMEs, the EU furniture industry employs around one million European workers and manufactures approximately a quarter of the world’s furniture.
Reuse activity in the sector is considered low. Where reuse does occur, it is mostly through commercial second-hand shops, social enterprise companies or charities.

Circularity concepts must be anchored in the design phase of products.

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Digital information systems for bio-based products

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Code: 30619 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-6 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Successful proposals will support the bio-based industries and the enablers of the digital transition in the Union to contribute to the development of innovative and sustainable value-chains in the bio-based sectors.

Digital technologies can track and report the journeys of products, components and materials and make the resulting data securely access.

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The role of mainstream media, social media and marketing in fostering healthy and sustainable consumption patterns and how to encourage good practices

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Code: 30617 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

The main objective of this topic is to better understand factors influencing dietary behaviour and to advance the understanding of the role of mainstream media, social media and digital marketing in fostering (un-)healthy and (un-)sustainable consumption patterns and to encourage good practices.

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Broaden EIP Operational Group outcomes across borders by means of thematic networks to compile and share knowledge ready for practice

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Code: 30615 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-8 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

The successful proposals will focus on knowledge sharing in a language that is easy to understand and targeted to farmers and foresters. They will address the necessity of primary producers for impartial and tailored knowledge on the management choices related to the needs, challenges or opportunities they experience.
They will contribute to effective Agriculture Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), thereby adding value to the knowledge and cost-effectiveness of innovative practices and techniques in and across primary production sectors, food and bioeconomy systems, and lead to more informed and engaged stakeholders and users of project results.

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Additional activities for the European Partnership for a climate neutral, sustainable and productive Blue Economy

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Code: 30605 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

The objective of this action is to continue to provide support to the European Partnership for a climate-neutral, sustainable and productive Blue Economy (SBEP) identified in the Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2021-2024 and first implemented under the topic HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-02: European Partnership for a climate neutral, sustainable and productive Blue Economy, and in particular to fund additional activities (which may also be undertaken by additional partners) in view of its intended scope and duration, and in accordance with Article 24(2) of the Horizon Europe Regulation.

This topic is for the continuation of the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP), i.e. EU contribution in WP 2023-2024.

The scope of the application for this call on the European partnership for a climate neutral, sustainable and productive Blue Economy should focus on duly justified continuation or additional priority areas, additional activities and additional partners, including from additional countries, delivering knowledge and solutions to make the blue economy sustainable and ensure that its benefits are distributed fairly, by aligning national, regional and EU R&I priorities and bringing together science, industry, governance and society.

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Enhancing working conditions and strengthening the work force through digital and data technologies – the potential of robotics and augmented reality in agriculture

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Code: 30598 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-7 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

Digital and data technologies can facilitate the work in agriculture, enhance working conditions and mitigate the challenge of a lack of work force, by which some branches and regions are affected. They have the potential of making farm-related jobs more attractive, including for younger generations, and to make them safer. Digital and data technologies can increase the effectiveness and efficiency of applications, including for instance through a higher level of precision, and thus increase the sustainability and competitiveness of the sector. Automation is increasingly used in agriculture; frequently, the cost-effectiveness of innovative digital and data technologies still presents a bottleneck to their use in the sector, particularly in fields where their application is not primarily relevant for increasing process efficiency and effectiveness. Technical solutions based on augmented reality approaches offer many opportunities to facilitate and enhance the use of digital technologies in agriculture, to enhance the performance of digital tools, and to provide remote assistance, which is important for remote businesses, particularly in rural areas.

A successful proposal will contribute to transition to a fair, healthy and resilient agriculture.

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Systemic circular solutions for a sustainable tourism

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Code: 30587 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-4 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Circular tourism should consider waste and water management, batteries and vehicles, electronics and ICT, packaging, plastics, construction and buildings, GHG emissions of local and long-distance mobility, accommodation and food services.

Proposals are expected to implement and demonstrate circular systemic solutions at the level of cities and regions, and include several sectors providing services for visitors and residents such as hospitality, transportation, culture, attractions, nature-based activities.

A successful proposal will contribute to the following Destination impacts: i) accelerate regional, rural, local/urban and consumer-based transitions, ii) enhance European industrial sustainability, competitiveness and resource independence, and iii) improve on consumer and citizen benefits.

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Developing EU advisory networks on sustainable livestock systems

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Code: 30585 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

The successful proposal will focus on advisor exchanges across the EU in order to increase the speed of knowledge creation and sharing, capacity building, demonstration of innovative solutions, as well as helping to bring them into practice, which accelerates the necessary transitions. Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), in which advisors play a central role, are key drivers to speed up innovation and the uptake of research results by farmers.

This specific topic focuses on the important role that advisors can play in relation to boosting sustainable livestock systems in the future.

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Organic farming thematic networks to compile and share knowledge ready for practice

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Code: 30583 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

Successful proposals will support the objectives of the European Green Deal, including on climate change, of the common agricultural policy (CAP) and of the farm to fork strategy, notably its target to reach at least 25% of the EU’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030. This topic addresses the necessity of organic farming producers for impartial and tailored knowledge on the management choices related to the needs, challenges or opportunities they experience. Successful proposals will speed up innovation and the uptake of results, and will contribute to effective Agriculture Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS).

This topic aims at supporting the achievement of the farm to fork strategy target of at least 25% of the EU’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030, for which knowledge and best practice exchange among farmers and across the EU and Associated Countries are fundamental, as it is recognised in the action plan for the development of organic production[4]. In this respect, it also aims to support climate change mitigation and adaptation, including carbon farming uptake.

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Develop innovative applications to support the European Green Deal, building on meteorological satellite data

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Code: 30581 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-6 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Τρόφιμα, Βιοοικονομία, Φυσικοί Πόροι, Γεωργία και Περιβάλλον (Πολυτομεακή Προτεραιότητα 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

A successful proposal will be delivering new environmental information through the exploitation of Earth observations and promote application development and pre-operational European services through cloud infrastructures, supporting the GEO engagement priorities and the objectives of the European Green Deal.

The successful applications should take up and enhance the development of new environmental information based on the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) and EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation (EPS SG). They should explore pre-operational European services through the exploitation of new Earth Observation (EO), digital infrastructures and modelling capabilities.

This topic is focused on the developement of innovative applications to support the European Green Deal, building on meteorological satellite data.

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Programmed biodegradation capability of bio-based materials and products, validated in specific environments

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Code: 30579 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-5 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Biodegradability of materials and products for targeted applications may offer viable end-of-life solutions in case of safe and sustainable biodegradation either in open environments or under controlled conditions, i.e., in composting plants and anaerobic digestors.

This topic is focused on the programmed biodegradation capability of bio-based materials and products, validated in specific environments.

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Demonstrating the fair and just transition from GHG-intensive economies facing challenges towards circular bioeconomy model regions

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Code: 30577 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-7 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

This topic is focused on the demonstration of the fair and just transition from GHG-intensive economies facing challenges towards circular bioeconomy model regions.

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Targeting aquatic extremophiles for sourcing novel enzymes, drugs, metabolites and chemicals

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Code: 30574 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Extreme environments with huge bio-resources still present enormous challenges for exploration and sampling operations. Challenges are often due to the depth, pH, salinity, temperature and pressure conditions, which make exploration technically difficult, risky and expensive.

This topic is foucused on the targeting aquatic extremophiles for sourcing novel enzymes, drugs, metabolites and chemicals.

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Developing EU advisory networks on forestry

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Code: 30572 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

This specific topic focuses on the important role advisors can play related to more sustainable forestry in the future.

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Biodiversity thematic networks to compile and share knowledge ready for practice

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Code: 30570 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

This topic is focused on biodiversity thematic networks.

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- Support the implementation of the cross-cutting objective of modernising the sector by fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake.
- Collection and distribution of easily accessible practice-oriented knowledge on the thematic area chosen, in particular the existing best practices and research findings that are ready to be put into practice.
- Maintenance of the practical knowledge for the long-term – beyond the project period – in particular by using the main trusted dissemination channels that farmers/foresters most often consult.
- Increased flow of practical information between farmers/foresters in the EU in a geographically balanced way, creating spill-overs and taking account of the differences between territories.
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Customisation/pre-operationalisation of prototypes end-user services in the area Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

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Code: 30568 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-5 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

PCP: a joint procurement of research and development services – is launched to reinforce public demand driven innovation in end-user services in the area of climate adaptation and mitigation. PCP has the potential to be an effective demand side innovation action and a useful tool to close the gap between supply and demand for innovative solutions.

The PCP should deliver successful innovative and fully tested product(s) and/or service(s) that meet the common needs of a buyers’ group (consortium of procurers) to procure research, develop innovative marketable solutions, speed up the time-to-market and provide best value for money.

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Transformative action of policy mixes, governance and digitalisation addressing biodiversity loss

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Code: 30566 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-5 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

This topic is focused on the transformative action of policy mixes, governance and digitalisation addressing biodiversity loss.

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Participation and empowerment of Arctic coastal, local, and indigenous communities in environmental decision-making

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Code: 30540 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-01-3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Addressing ongoing Arctic environmental and societal changes requires that all relevant knowledge, indigenous/traditional and scientific knowledge alike, is mobilised to respond and govern the challenges posed by those changes, and communities empowered to take part in environmental decision-making.

Proposals are expected to contribute to sustainable and inclusive development, incorporating a better understanding of the environmental, socio-economic, cultural and demographic drivers of change.

This topic is focused on the participation and empowerment of Arctic coastal, local, and indigenous communities in environmental decision-making.

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Biodiversity, economics and finance: Understanding macro-financial risks associated with biodiversity loss

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Code: 30537 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-4 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The successful proposal(s) will help unlock financial flows needed for reversing biodiversity loss, and contribute to mainstreaming biodiversity, ecosystem services and natural capital in the society and economy.

This topic is focused on understanding macro-financial risks associated with biodiversity loss.

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Reintroduction of landscape features in intensive agricultural areas

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Code: 30535 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-7 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Successful proposals will contribute to develop and improve practices in agriculture to support and make sustainable use of biodiversity and a wide range of ecosystems services.

There is a need to reintroduce nature to improve the state of the environment by delivering ecosystem services and as a contribution to climate mitigation and adaptation. In particular it is needed to achieve ecological corridors, in conjunction with other multifunctional Nature-based Solutions.

This topic is focused on reintroduction of landscape features in intensive agricultural areas.

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Socio-economic, climate and environmental aspects of paludiculture

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Code: 30529 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-01-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

This topic is focused on socio-economic, climate and environmental aspects of paludiculture.

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The interrelation between social, cultural and political identities, as well as the sense of belonging, and democracies

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Code: 30517 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

It can be argued that the involvement of certain communities in democratic processes of decision-making (through quotas, but also through other participatory processes at different levels such as participants sortition) can contribute to further foster the sense of belonging to a democratic society, and further increase their participation in democratic life.

This topic is focused on the interrelation between social, cultural and political identities, as well as the sense of belonging, and democracies.

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The role and functioning of public administrations in democratic systems

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Code: 30514 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Governments are excessively under pressure today to adapt and respond to rapidly changing global economic, social, political, ecological and technological trends, to develop better public policy outcomes and high-quality public services that respond to the needs of their citizens, and to transform their internal operations on the go, creating modern and innovative public administrations. This area of research intends to investigate how European Union governments are approaching public administration and governance reform i.e. what areas they strategically invest in, what challenges they encounter, what (national, European or international) support (expertise, finance) they capitalise on, and how they generally approach transforming their government administrations (through e.g. systems approaches, open government approaches, innovation portfolio approach, organisational framework conditions enabling innovation, etc.) as they face the challenges of today.

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Future scenarios and young visions for European democracy 2040

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Code: 30511 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Projects should contribute to the following expected results:

Future scenario work streams, roadmap and strategy for achieving the most preferred scenarios for democracy in the European Union in 2040, researched, discussed and jointly developed through iterative, large-scale engagement processes with various stakeholder groups, e.g. young European citizens, political and institutional actors and organized civil society.

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Strategies to strengthen the European linguistic capital in a globalised world

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Code: 30509 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

European languages are vehicles of our identity, behaviour and cultural perception. Communicating in their native languages, EU citizens connect with their cultural heritage, build their collective and individual identity and better understand the contribution of their national or regional culture to the European culture as a whole. However, in the globalisation era, some languages are dominating, leading gradually to a ‘language oligopoly’.

Therefore, research should address tensions between globalisation and the preservation of European identities as expressed by languages, paying attention to policies and practices regarding the use of national and ‘international’ languages and their place in each country’s cultural, scientific, academic, social, political and economic life.

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Strengthen economic fairness and resilience of active labour market policies and address high unemployment

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Code: 30507 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Active labour market policies are widely used by European countries to improve the functioning of their labour markets by addressing skill mismatches, labour market segmentation, and by promoting the integration in the labour market of those facing difficulties in accessing it. Policies aimed at skill development could be effective in periods of low economic activity at the macroeconomic level, given that the opportunity cost of training programmes is lower in times of recession.

More research is needed to survey the different types of active labour market policies enacted by the Member States, especially in the area of skills development during economic downturns, and their effects on people facing economic challenges, e.g. people at risk of poverty or workers whose job is at risk of automation or at risk of transformation due to transition to a decarbonised economy.

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Protest politics and cultures of opposition in democracy

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Code: 30505 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Citizens increasingly disengage from traditional party politics and voting as a way to express political views, values and beliefs.

Research proposals under this topic should analyse further the shift towards politics of collective action, and their impact on European democracies, including their role in resisting the rise of authoritarian tendencies and in taking down authoritarian regimes.

This topic is focused on protests politics and cultures of opposition in democracy.

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What is the long-term impact of rule of law and other European values on socio-economic outcomes?

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Code: 30502 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Recent insights into the role of networks for the creation of value have yet to be transferred in an important manner to areas of study dealing with important public/common goods such as rule of law and the various human and fundamental rights and freedoms established by European Union law.

It is well understood that networks can amplify asset values in an important manner.

How do structural features and metrics of societal networks impact that value of common/public goods?
Is it possible to identify similar magnifying effects?
And how can they be measured, in which unit can they be expressed?
On the other hand value created within one particular network may not be transferable to another network without significant losses.
What factors will determine the importance of such losses?

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Computational Social Science approaches in research on democracy

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Code: 30500 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Social sciences have not yet fully embraced the breakthrough of computational science that took place in past years with costs for data transport and data storage ceasing to be a limiting factor for data-driven social science. Developing new crosscutting tools of social and computational science will indeed contribute to better understanding how the EU society acts.

This topic is focused on computational Social Science approaches in research on democracy.

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Political participation in multilingual spaces

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Code: 30498 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The European Union is made up of a population with a multitude of languages (including sign languages) and dialects, which reflect a mosaic of cultures in constant interaction and evolution. Although this is not new, managing political participation in multilingual spaces is a challenge, particularly with a view to creating a European public space for citizen deliberation.

This topic is focused on the political participation in multilingual spaces.

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New European Bauhaus – Innovative solutions for greener and fairer ways of life through arts and culture, architecture and design for all

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Code: 30492 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The New European Bauhaus, as closely connected to cultural heritage and culture, brings a cultural and creative dimension to the European Green Deal. The September 2021 Communication on the New European Bauhaus, recognises that artists and cultural and creative professionals are essential actors when it comes to reflecting and conveying values, to transmitting new and symbolic meanings, and to ensuring sustainability and enabling societal transformation.

This topic is focused on innovative solutions for greener and fairer ways of life through arts and culture, architecture and design for all.

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Effective education and labour market transitions of young people

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Code: 30490 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Effective educational transitions, in particular participation and completion rates in upper secondary and tertiary education, are prominent in the European Education Area, which includes targets on early school leaving and tertiary educational attainment. Promoting successful transitions from education to the labour market has been one of the core European Commission policy activities since the outburst of the Great Recession.

This topic is focused on effective education and labour market transitions of young people.

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Europe’s cultural heritage and arts – promoting our values at home and abroad

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Code: 30488 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The objective of thε innovation proposal under this topic, is to test existing practices and policies that enable arts and culture to promote European values and identities outside Europe, allowing people to experience European arts, culture and traditions both in their original environments and settings and by visiting the rich European cultural landscapes. It also aims to identify potential existing barriers and propose a mixed model for cooperation that will take into account participation at the local, national and regional level and the coordination of different sectors and stakeholders. In this analysis, the presence of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) should be considered.

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The role of social economy in addressing social exclusion, providing quality jobs and greater sustainability

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Code: 30486 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on the role of social economy in addressing social exclusion, providing quality jobs and greater sustainability.

Almost 3 million social economy entities in Europe offer concrete and innovative solutions to key challenges EU society faces.
The social economy can also help implement the principles of the European Pillar for Social Rights and deliver on its 2021 Action Plan and the 2030 headline targets. There is an uneven development of the social economy within the EU and a major untapped economic and job creation potential for the social economy in several Member States and regions. The Social Economy Action Plan, adopted in December 2021 puts forward measures to help further mobilise the potential of the Social Economy.

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Financial support for Ecosystem Partners

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Code: 30473 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-PARTNERS-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/08/2023 | End submission calls: 14/11/2023

On 18 September 2023, the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) is organising an informative webinar to learn more about the Coordination and Support Action call (CSA) with the title: Financial support to access services from ecosystem players.

The CSA call on Ecosystem Partners was published on 16 August 2023.

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Leverage the digital transition for competitive European cultural and creative industries

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Code: 30434 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The cultural and creative industries (CCIs) are an important source of growth and job creation in the European economy.

The ongoing digital transition brings great opportunities for the CCIs, but also serious threats.

To take full advantage of the many opportunities offered by the digital transition, and avoid the pitfalls, require capacities and competencies that many of Europe’s CCIs currently lack.

This topic is focused on the leverage of the digital transition for competitive European cultural and creative industries.

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Multilevel governance in times of digital and climate transitions

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Code: 30419 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The threat of climate change will require changes in the ways in which we organise our societies, action at all levels of government, and coordination between these levels so that actions are taken at the most appropriate one and complement each other effectively.

The digital transition is also at the heart of the question of multi-level governance of major transitions.

This topic is focused on multilevel governance during times of digital and climate transitions.

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Digital democracy

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Code: 30411 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Through digital platforms and social media, individuals continue to voice their opinions, expose and mobilise for social movements, fostering change and raising awareness of democracy and fundamental rights. Citizens turned to digital media and collaborative platforms to deal with public affairs, exercising active citizenship virtually.

The aim of the digital democracy platforms expand the opportunities for democratic deliberations through better and faster political information exchange, public dialogue, engagement in public decision-making and exercising voting rights in political elections. Digital democracy can also play an active role in creating and deepening societal change. For this aim, proposals should investigate – building on existing literature and data – the most recent developments, especially as regards the pandemic-induced innovative e-democracy and e-participation solutions at all levels of governance (international, EU, national, regional, local).

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Minimise costs and maximise benefits of job creation and job destruction

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Code: 30376 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-03 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This tpic is focused on minimise costs and maximise benefits of job creation and job destruction.

The topic should identify the best ways to train refugees, immigrants, women, older and younger people, people affected by disabilities, unemployed and inactive, medium and low skilled employees, low and medium educated people, individuals living in rural areas, NEETs (not in education, employment, or training), since these people have fewer resources to cover transition spells.

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Assessing and strengthening the complementarity between new technologies and human skills

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Code: 30373 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

New technologies may increase or reduce overall employment opportunities: they tend to increase them in the presence of strong productivity gains or if they create new tasks that are best carried out using human skills (possible example: a nurse using medical machines to perform checks previously carried out by a doctor), but can reduce them if the substitution of labour by machines dominates (possible example: self-service supermarket counters). However, there is still a limited understanding of which types of technologies and technology applications are particularly promising from the perspective of enhancing rather than displacing human skills and of creating employment opportunities as well as decent working conditions.

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Gender-roles in extremist movements and their impact on democracy

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Code: 30370 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

While gender and feminist scholarship in democracy tends to focus on the role of women and female representation, the role of men and different forms of masculinity are equally important to gain a comprehensive understanding of the impact of gender roles and inequalities on democratic discourse, decision-making and governance.

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Testing and implementation of research results fostering democracy and governance

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Code: 30368 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on the implementation of research results fostering democracy and governance.
The aim is to bring to society the benefits from previously EU-funded research in the field of democracy and governance be it in Horizon 2020 or other relevant programmes (such as Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme or the Global Europe Programme).

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Methodologies for teamworking of researchers – reinforcing transversal collaborative skills, behavioural and implementation sciences

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Code: 30365 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Πολιτισμός, δημιουργικότητα και κοινωνίες χωρίς αποκλεισμούς (Πολυτομεακή Προτεραιότητα 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on methodologies for teamworking of researchers – reinforcing transversal collaborative skills, behavioural and implementation sciences.

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Culture, the arts and cultural spaces for democratic participation and political expression, online and offline

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Code: 30362 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Cultural, artistic and online spaces (such as public libraries, art exhibition spaces, heritage sites, cultural centres, parks and other public places used temporarily to convey a message, social media platforms, metaverses, etc.) are increasingly positioning themselves as catalysers for social and economic changes.

Projects should contribute to the following expected outcomes:
- Recommendations on how to foster civic participation through a deep analysis of the use of spaces beyond classic democratic institutions, especially cultural and artistic spaces, as well as cyberspace and metaverses, for political expression.
- Forward-looking policy recommendations to ensure that digital spaces (including metaverses and social networks) can, by design, have a positive impact on democratic life and limit potential threats to democracy.
- Experimentation of solutions, methods and tools to support democratic behaviour and social well-being for the next generation of social media.
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Policy recommendations from socio-economic impacts of loneliness in Europe

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Code: 30352 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Loneliness is becoming an urgent public health issue that calls for effective policy interventions. The effects of loneliness are harmful for health, but also have significant impacts on social cohesion and community trust. This topic is focused on the policy recommendations from socio-economic impacts of loneliness in Europe.

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Social services: economic and social returns and value added

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Code: 30348 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Social services have a fundamental role in our society, safeguarding and promoting the welfare and well-being of vulnerable groups (e.g. migrants, people with disabilities, homeless, youth at risk, and more in general, unemployed people, low-income and poor households and women). Concerning the economic and social returns of these services, the proposals should focus on estimating the impacts from a life course perspective (including through age-dependent models), on children (development in their childhood and also into adulthood),on the employment and income situation of adults of investments in healthcare and education, including childcare and extracurricular activities for the children, but also other services such as housing and nutrition and long term care for the elderly.

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Social dialogue in the new world of work

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Code: 30345 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Social dialogue plays a crucial role in the functioning of the European social market economic model. There is an acute need for more innovative research that investigates the impact of the transforming world of work on the capacity of social actors to engage in social dialogue, as well as its effectiveness. Moreover, innovative research is needed to highlight opportunities arising from digitalisation that social partners need to seize in order to deliver positive socio-economic outcomes.

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Beyond the horizon: A human-friendly deployment of artificial intelligence and related technologies

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Code: 30301 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The history of “artificial intelligence” technologies (AI) is marked by great optimism and expectation, sometimes followed by disappointment. AI has had significant impact in the arts and humanities, and AI-based methods and tools are becoming more widely used in the cultural arena. Today the collection of computer technologies commonly labelled artificial intelligence, along with related technologies for instance in the fields of data science, neuroscience and biotechnology, already show the potential to disrupt and impact the rights of individuals and the wellbeing of societal structures. AI systems have been (mis-)used to micro-target and influence voters in elections as well as in the creation and dissemination of disinformation, and otherwise impact on human agency and autonomy. Many ethical issues arise in the development of AI systems, such as their use in medical devices, brain-computer interfaces, reasoning about human mental and emotion state, etc.

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Arts and cultural awareness and expression in education and training

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Code: 30282 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Arts in education and developing cultural awareness and expression, one of the key competences for lifelong learning have value in themselves. Research evidence is also missing on whether, and how, education and training systems have capacity to support learners in developing cultural awareness and expression.
Therefore, this topic is focused on Arts and Cultural awareness as well as on their expression in education and training.

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Next Generation Innovation Talents

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Code: 30234 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-TALENTS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/07/2023 | End submission calls: 04/10/2023

The objective of the ‘Next Generation Innovation Talents’ scheme is to enable researchers and aspiring innovators to better understand and gain direct experience of the complex process of taking innovation beyond invention and help them develop their entrepreneurial mindset. At the same time, this scheme aims to provide innovative start-ups with access to new ideas and insights from the cutting edge of research, thus accelerating the development of their breakthrough products and services.

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Evolution of RIS Innovations (EVO-R) 2023

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Code: 30222 | Identifier Code: EVO-R | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 20/07/2023 | End submission calls: 09/08/2023

EVO-R supports activities undertaking innovative small-scale manufacturing solutions from the demonstration stage through to market uptake. The grant is awarded to activities and/or individuals that were already have selected and concluded under the regional or national funding programmes in the RIS countries that aim to scale up into European and global markets.

“EIT Manufacturing” is open to applications from entities that are citizens of EIT RIS eligible countries that shall present a solution fitting one of the EIT Manufacturing flagship areas.

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Cultural and creative industries for a sustainable climate transition

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Code: 30218 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The cultural and creative industries (CCIs) are an important source of growth and job creation in the European economy. Moreover, the CCIs play a key role in shaping culture, values and perceptions across the European Union and beyond. Thus, the role of the CCIs in achieving the European Union’s climate transition objectives is crucial.

This topic is focused on cultural and creative industries for a sustainable climate transition.

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ERA Chairs

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Code: 30216 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/03/2024

Research organisations located in Widening countries interested in establishing an ERA Chair should submit a proposal with the prospective ERA Chair holder who should be an outstanding researcher and/or innovator in the chosen scientific domain.

The scientific field can be any domain of research and innovation.

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Excellence Hubs

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Code: 30213 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-07-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/03/2024

Excellence hubs are part of the European Excellence Initiative and complement the science-oriented schemes Teaming, Twinning, ERA Chairs and the European Excellence Initiative for universities by a dedicated innovation component. Excellence hubs will focus on innovation by allowing innovation ecosystems in Widening countries and beyond, to team up and create better linkages between academia, business, government and society. This will foster a real place-based innovation culture in Widening countries based on a strategic agenda aligned with regional or national smart specialisation strategies.

This action responds to the third priority in the ERA communication on translating R&I results into the economy and will especially support R&I policies aiming at boosting the resilience and competitiveness of our economies and societies. This means ensuring European competitive leadership in the global race for technology based on excellence while improving the environment for business R&I investment, deployment of new technologies and enhancing the take up and visibility of research results in the economy and society as a whole. This action addresses regions as R&I actors since they are the place where the innovation and industrial ecosystems breathe and develop, making the links between Europe and business including SMEs and start-ups, research centres, innovation stakeholders as well as citizens.

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Exploration of critical raw materials in deep land deposits (RIA)

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Code: 30211 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials[1] for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

This topic is focused on the exploration of critical raw materials in deep land deposits (RIA).

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Biodegradable polymers for sustainable packaging materials (IA)

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Code: 30209 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-35 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The topic is focused on biodegradable polymers for sustainable packaging materials (IA).

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Turning CO2 emissions from the process industry to feedstock (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

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Code: 30207 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-35 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The proposals submitted under this topic are expected to demonstrate the economic viability of the efficient capture and utilisation of CO/CO2 streams from point sources (e.g., large and medium industrial installations such as steel, cement, refining and chemical plants) converting the streams into added value chemicals and materials in near to production size systems.
The technologies proposed should support cross-sectorial concepts and sector integration.

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Rare Earth and magnets innovation hubs (IA)

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Code: 30204 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

Actions are expected to contribute to the implementation the EU action plan on Critical Raw Materials and the action plan on Rare Earth Magnets and Motors from the European Raw Materials Alliance.

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Technologies for extraction and processing of critical raw materials (IA)

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Code: 30201 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

This topic is focused on technologies for extraction and processing of critical raw materials.

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EIT Urban Mobility - Mobility for more liveable urban spaces - Business Plan 2023-2025

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Code: 30198 | Identifier Code: 2nd Innovation Targeted Call | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 23/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/08/2023

Under the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) – Urban Mobility, topics under the call “EIT Urban Mobility – Mobility for more liveable urban spaces – 2023-2025 Business Plans” – 2nd Innovation Targeted Call, have opened for the submission of proposals.

The 2 topics that opened for the submission of proposals, under the present call, are the following:

Call Topic 1 – Healthy Cities.
Call Topic 2 – Hydrogen Cargo Bikes.

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Advanced biomaterials for the Health Care (IA)

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Code: 30183 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-36 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic refers to the innovation market for Healthcare and Medicine, which affects many citizens and their needs. Several materials specifications and related innovations needs will support this topic such as renewable and recyclable materials, alternative active ingredients, design for circularity, lightweight materials.

Medical suppliers can commercialise injectable hydrogels, including those made of nanocomposite, natural and synthetic polymer-based biomaterials, bone cements, bio-ceramics and electronics.

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Bio-intelligent manufacturing industries (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 30168 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The biological transformation of industry is a pioneering frontier that the industry of the Union and Associated Countries can harness to enhance circularity and sustainability, while advancing production efficiency and competitiveness. The biological transformation of industry involves the integration of bio-intelligent structures, processes, organisms or materials into technology by systematically applying knowledge from biology.

The focus of this topic is on manufacturing.
The development of materials beyond the manufacturing context is excluded.

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Digital transformation and ensuring a better use of industrial data, which can optimise steel supply chains (Clean Steel Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 30166 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-44 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on digital transformation, ensuring a better use of industrial data, which can optimise steel supply chains.

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Development of safe and sustainable by design alternatives (IA)

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Code: 30163 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-24 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The Commission initiative for Safe and Sustainable by Design sets a framework for assessing safety and sustainability of chemicals and materials and which should be considered as a reference in the proposal.

Proposals should develop one or more new chemical substances or materials to replace existing substances of concern with surfactant, flame retardant or plasticising functionalities for a chosen application. Proposals should address at least one industrial application. The new substances or materials shall be aligned with the Safe and Sustainable by Design framework, and demonstrate improved sustainability and a contribution to lower the impact on climate. The selected industrial application(s) should be in areas where substitution with safer and more sustainable solutions is not yet in place, or in progress.

This topic is focused on the development of safe and sustainable by design alternatives.

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Manufacturing as a Service: Technologies for customised, flexible, and decentralised production on demand (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 30160 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic aims at further developing and integrating the technologies needed for the successful implementation of MaaS allowing to manufacture “on demand” a large choice of customised products, with high flexibility and short lead time, by using distributed facilities as a service and exploiting unused production capacities, also by rapid re-purposing of manufacturing machines.
The objective will be achieved through platforms for fast data exchange and seamless, data-driven, standards-based automation of inter-company processes beyond the factory boundaries.

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Connect New European Bauhaus Call for proposals for citizen generated solutions and initiatives to advance sustainability, beauty, and inclusivity

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Code: 30155 | Identifier Code: EIT Community Connect NEB | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 19/07/2023 | End submission calls: 29/09/2023

The EIT Community invites applicants to develop and submit applications aligned with the New European Bauhaus initiative (NEB) focused on developing long-term solutions in collaboration with citizens to deliver transformation that match the needs and demand of a wider community.

The primary focus of the Connect NEB Call for Proposals is to deploy inspirational beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive project proposals and demonstrate new solutions that boost the transformation of cities, peri-urban and rural areas.

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CO2-neutral steel production with hydrogen, secondary carbon carriers and electricity OR innovative steel applications for low CO2 emissions (Clean Steel Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 30152 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-46 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The establishment of a clean steel market will be based upon decarbonisation of the steel making and production through the use of advanced and breakthrough technologies. The modification and change of production routes will have an impact onto the design of customised steel products and its applications in the market.

Proposals should aim at one of the following two aspects, corresponding respectively to the points 1) and 2) outlined under the expected outcomes section:
1. Proposals should relate to metal reduction processes using hydrogen, renewable electricity, and/or secondary carbon carriers, and/or to replace fossil fuels and reductants in steelmaking and in downstream processing in steel plants.
2. Proposals should address the conception and production of clean steel for use in established markets and/or in markets having specific demanding or harsh environments.
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Addressing due diligence requirements in raw materials supply chains (CSA)

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Code: 30149 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Knowledge in the area supply chain due diligence needs to be strengthened to limit complexity and enable a level playing field for responsible sourcing of raw materials.

This topic is addressing due diligence requirements in raw materials supply chains.

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Optimisation of thermal energy flows in the process industry (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

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Code: 30142 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-32 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The topic focuses on highly process-integrated technologies that allow heat recovery and use of high temperature installations. Heat storage, when needed, should be intermediary only.
One example could be the adaptation and integration of heat pumps for high temperature (150-250 °C) applications for large thermal capacity (~1-20 MW), but not only – examples could also encompass the direct use of excess heat by e.g., the adaptation and integration of advanced heat exchangers.

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Breakthroughs to improve process industry resource efficiency (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 30140 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-41 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Process industries will greatly benefit from radically new approaches that will lead to a much higher resource efficiency (including higher selectivity), producing less low-value by-products and waste and enabling the handing of a higher feedstock variability, and ultimately leading to lower level of GHG emissions linked to the process industries. To reach ambitious targets regarding resource efficiency, disruptive process technologies must be developed in addition to process efficiency options for existing technologies.

This topic is focused on breakthroughs to improve process industry resource efficiency.

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Enhanced assessment, intervention and repair of civil engineering infrastructure (RIA)

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Code: 30138 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Regular maintenance and repair of civil engineering infrastructure extends their service life, which in turn reduces the need for their demolition and replacement and the related negative economic, environmental and climate impacts. However, it can be difficult and cumbersome to identify and address maintenance or repair needs, especially in locations that are difficult to access such as large or tall structures, deep shafts, or where elements are hidden from view. Intervention for maintenance and repair can also involve unnecessary risks to health and safety of workers.

This topic is focused on enhanced assessment, intervention and repair of civil engineering infrastructure.

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Technologies/solutions to support circularity for manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 30129 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Manufacturing plays a key role in achieving the twin transition goal through enhancing circularity, facilitating decarbonisation whilst enhancing competitiveness.
Data pooling and sharing among sectors and across the whole value chain, as well as the use of external environmental impact data such as LCA-data, would facilitate recycling and remanufacturing, by modelling and monitoring the life cycle of products and components. To achieve that, there is a need to build trust by ensuring data exchange and interoperability across industry sectors and relevant stakeholders, while also focusing on aspects like data quality, cybersecurity, reliability, and accessibility.
The workforce should be engaged in the realization of circular approaches and the new manufacturing technologies.

This topic is focused on technologies/solutions to support circularity for manufacturing.

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Hubs for circularity for industrialised urban peripheral areas (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

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Code: 30127 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-38 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Urban areas with high volumes of waste (household and end of life consumer waste) should closely interact with adjacent industries to jointly minimize their CO2 footprint and improve their waste management, thus contributing together to the valorisation of secondary materials and overall circularity. The hubs for circularity (H4C) concept is a pathway to exploit local synergies for the deployment of innovative solutions engaging regional resource management actors in strategic nodes where novel value chains valorising a significant part of end-of-life wastes could connect within and across regions.

This topic aims to support the goals of the smart cities mission by contributing to a healthier urban industrial symbiosis through waste reduction.

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Technologies for processing and refining of critical raw materials (IA)

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Code: 30125 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on technologies for processing and refining of critical raw materials.

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'Innovate to transform' support for SME's sustainability transition (CSA)

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Code: 30123 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-41 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on the ‘Innovate to transform’ support for SME’s sustainability transition.
Achieving European Green Deal objectives, and notably a climate neutral and resource efficient economy, requires the full mobilisation of SMEs.
The action will build on and further connect existing EU specialised business support networks and centres – such as the Enterprise Europe Network, the European industry clusters registered under the European Cluster Collaboration Platform, Centres for Advanced Technologies for Industry.

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Renewable hydrogen used as feedstock in innovative production routes (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 30121 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-34 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on the use of renwable hydrogen on feedstock in innovative production routes.

Hydrogen produced from renewable energy sources does not lead to direct carbon dioxide emissions when used and it can offer solutions to decrease GHG emissions in industrial processes. The integration of renewable hydrogen into new production routes as a feedstock will lead to major GHG emission reductions across several European industry sectors.
Currently, hydrogen is largely used in industrial sectors such as the chemical industries and refineries. Hydrogen could be used as reducing agent in the production and recovery of metals, biogenic and circular carbon optimisation or in new process routes to produce platform chemicals (e.g., carbon-based waste and side streams or biomass).

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Demonstration of sustainable wave energy farms

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Code: 30119 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

Demonstration of sustainable wave energy pilot farms (minimum 2.0 MW installed capacity and at least 4 devices) in full operational conditions for long periods of time is essential to advance this sector.
The wave energy farms have to be connected to the electricity grid. To focus on the technologies with the greatest chances of success, the single wave energy device to be used in the array deployment is expected to be satisfactorily demonstrated at full scale before, with limited changes to incorporate the learnings.

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Demonstration of innovative pumped storage equipment and tools in combination with innovative storage management systems

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Code: 30116 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

This topic is focused on the demonstration of innovative pumped storage equipment and tools in combination with innovative storage management systems.

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Low-power PV

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Code: 30102 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 13/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

Photovoltaic energy harvesting in low light conditions such as indoors, or under artificial or diffuse light can be used to power sensors, as well other low-power electronics.
Project results to the increase the potential of PV for low power, low irradiation applications (harvesting energy in low light intensity and/or artificial light conditions).

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Demonstration of improved intermediate renewable energy carrier technologies for transport fuels

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Code: 30099 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

This topic is focused on the demonstration of improved intermediate renewable energy carrier technologies for transport fuels.

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Innovative applications/integration of geothermal heating and cooling in industry

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Code: 30097 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

This topic is focused on innovative applications/integration of geothermal heating and cooling in industry.

Based on geothermal energy, the following is expected to be achieved: explore new heating and/or cooling concepts for industrial sectors which have to decarbonise their production lines using renewable systems, enable the smart use of thermal grids with emphasis on flexible supply of resources, adapted to different source temperatures and varying demand; and position geothermal utilisation (including underground storage) as a crucial pillar for the (heat and/or cold) transition of industrial energy systems.

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Africa-EU CO-FUND action

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Code: 30094 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

The renewed objective to evolve current forms of cooperation into equal footing partnership between Africa and Europe, the current research and innovation cooperation between Europe and Africa in the field of renewable energy needs to be further strengthened and developed.

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Development of carbon fixation technologies for biogenic flue gases

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Code: 30092 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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 of carbon fixation technologies for biogenic flue gases.

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Energy Management Systems for flexibility services

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Code: 30077 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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 energy management systems for flexibility services.

The selected projects should propose recommendations how current products, markets and market processes for flexibility should be adapted to accommodate these new services and/or fully benefit from the potential these improved energy management services will bring.

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HVAC, HVDC and High-Power cable systems

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Code: 30074 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

Projects are expected to implement at least three of the activities in (1) for one or more subtopics (A, B, C) or (2) for one or more subtopics (D, E, F) and the practical validation in (3) as described below:

1. R&I, methodologies and tools involving activities (see Funding&Tenders). These can be developed/complemented with others pertinent to the topic.

2. Investigation and development of potential replacement of HVAC overhead lines with HVDC or High-Power cable solutions to increase capacity transfer without the need of building new infrastructures but reusing existing right of ways.

3. Test and validation of the activities developed in (1) consisting of at least one of the activities described in each subtopic A, B, C or (2) consisting of at least one of the activities described in each subtopic D, E, F in at least two validation tests in different EU Member States/Associated Countries.

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Next generation of renewable energy technologies

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Code: 30071 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

The proposal is expected to address high-risk/high return technology developments for game changing renewable energy technologies. It could cover catalyst development: dedicated renewable energy storage systems, integration of renewable energy technologies into a single energy generation system, heating & cooling systems, fuels production systems, solar driven chemical processes, hybrid electricity generation solutions between different renewable energy sources, direct utilization of renewable energy sources.

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Improvement of light harvesting and carbon fixation with synthetic biology and/or bio-inspired//biomimetic pathways for renewable direct solar fuels production

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Code: 30063 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

The aim is to achieve a significant improvement of components of both, light harvesting and carbon fixation, which are rate limiting for the conversion of solar energy to renewable fuels.

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Development of hydropower equipment for improving techno-economic efficiency and equipment resilience in refurbishment situations

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Code: 30060 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

This topic focus on the development of hydropower equipment for improving techno-economic efficiency and equipment resilience in refurbishment situations.

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.
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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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
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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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ERC SYNERGY GRANTS

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Code: 30017 | Identifier Code: ERC-2024-SyG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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ERC STARTING GRANTS

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Code: 30002 | Identifier Code: ERC-2024-STG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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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: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | 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.

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Enhancing tools and capabilities to fight advanced forms of cyber threats and cyber-dependent crimes

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Code: 29908 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on enhancing tools and capabilities to fight advanced forms of cyber threats and cyber-dependent crimes.

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Design of crisis prevention and preparedness actions in case of digital breakdown (internet, electricity etc.)

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Code: 29905 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on the design of crisis prevention and preparedness actions in case of digital breakdown (internet, electricity etc.).

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Improving social and societal preparedness for disaster response and health emergencies

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Code: 29903 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on improving social and societal preparedness for disaster response and health emergencies.

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Crime as a service

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Code: 29900 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

The Crime-as-a-service (CaaS) model proliferates and becomes a prominent feature not only for the cybercriminal underground, but also for traditional criminals hiring specialised digital and financial services. Thus, availability of exploit kits and other services not only serves cybercriminals with low technical skills, but also makes the operations of mature and organised threat actors more efficient.

Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- European Police Authorities and policy makers are provided with a robust analysis of the evolution of the contemporary organised crime, its structure, role of hierarchy, membership in the organisation and subcontracting of specialised criminal services.
- Policy makers benefit from an analysis of the legal framework utilised for countering organised crime, in terms of the validity of the legal definitions and penal provisions adopted and their impact on the effectiveness of judicial verdicts;
- Improved knowledge within European security institutions regarding developments in the field of organised crime and prospects for the future.
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A harmonized European forensics approach on drugs analysis

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Code: 29898 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic is focused on a harmonized European forensics approach on drugs analysis.

Proposals are expected to address one of the following options:
- Option A: A harmonised European approach is needed on the study of chemical analysis (composition) in drugs.
- Option B: A reliable and easy-to-use detection of chemical submission drugs in beverages and urine.
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Processing of large, complex and unstructured datasets resulting from criminal investigations, while reconciling big data analysis and data protection

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Code: 29896 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focus processing of large, complex and unstructured datasets resulting from criminal investigations, while reconciling big data analysis and data protection.
The successful proposal should have a clear strategy related to quality data sets to be used for training and testing. The innovation efforts should provide support to web-based data analysis that can facilitate e.g. the fight against hate speech, human trafficking, terrorism or child sexual exploitation in an online environment.

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Increased technology solutions, institutional coordination and decision-support systems for first responders of last-kilometer emergency service delivery

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Code: 29894 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

Τhis topic focuses on increased technology solutions, institutional coordination and decision-support systems for first responders of last-kilometer emergency service delivery.

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Internationally coordinated networking of training centres for the validation and testing of CBRN-E tools and technologies in case of incidents, with consideration of human factors

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Code: 29892 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

To achieve a more robust and consistent opportunity to practice, test and evaluate CBRN-E tools and technologies (resulting from research actions and/or standard developments) within Europe and beyond, it is necessary to strengthen networking of existing training and testing facilities and centres and to extend it to relevant CBRN-E Centres of Excellence located in non-EU countries.
Therefore, this topic focuses on the internationally coordinated networking of training centres for the validation and testing of CBRN-E tools and technologies in case of incidents, with consideration of human factors.

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Open Topic

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Code: 29890 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

Under the Open Topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions for increasing security of citizens against terrorism, including in public spaces, that are not covered by the other topics of Horizon Europe Calls Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2021-2022, Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2023 and Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2024.

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New methods and technologies in service of community policing and transferable best practices

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Code: 29887 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focus on the establishement of new methods and technologies in service of community policing and transferable best practices.

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Robotics: Autonomous or semi-autonomous UGV systems to supplement skills for use in hazardous environments

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Code: 29885 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on Robotics: Autonomous or semi-autonomous UGV systems to supplement skills for use in hazardous environments.

Firstly, there is a need to identify the fields and domains that will benefit from (autonomous) robotic systems.
Secondly, the identified gaps and needs should be the basis for proof-of-concept research and development studies.
Thirdly, first responders’ training, preparedness, and mindset should be considered when bringing new technologies into the field.
Fourthly, the relevant infrastructure needs to be put in place.

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Operability and standardisation in response to biological toxin incidents

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Code: 29883 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

Existing and new national procedures need to be developed and implemented in an operational and coherent European crisis response network capable of addressing the threats posed by biological toxins.
There is a need for evaluation, training and advancement of on-site detection methods for responders, as well as the integration of emerging detection technologies into marketable solutions.

This topic focuses on operability and standardisation in response to biological toxin incidents.

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Identify, inspect, neutralise Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) at sea

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Code: 29881 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

A large amount of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), estimated by experts in the tens of thousands of tons, lay in European seas and often close to European shores. UXO represents a substantial safety risk for economic operators at sea, and citizens, as well as for the environment. UXO also represents a security risk, as some of this dangerous material is relatively easily retrievable and could be misused in illicit, including criminal and terrorist, acts. These security threats could be linked directly to maritime security and infrastructures (to deny or ransom a port, for example), or be moved towards other illicit acts.

This topic focuses on identify, inspect, neutralise Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) at sea.

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Beyond the state-of-the-art “biometrics on the move” for border checks

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Code: 29878 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes:
- Updated, European-based, knowledge and development on robust biometrics technologies that could be used for recognition (identification and verification) of people crossing external EU borders, demonstrating a clear advancement beyond the current state-of-the-art;
- Maximisation of travellers’ experience and of security reassurances, minimising handling of personal data and maximising accuracy, reliability and throughput of the recognition process;
- Contribution to improving the operational response capacity of the EBCG at border crossing points and to capabilities that strengthen the Schengen area, by providing security at its external borders that also reassure on maintaining the free movement within its borders.
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Interoperability of systems and equipment at tactical level; between equipment and databases; and/or between databases of threats and materials

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Code: 29875 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

The solution(s) proposed under this topic should define the requirements and way forward to enable and enhance the interoperability of customs control equipment and of data used in different Member States and/or by different authorities at national level, as well as Commission systems.

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Capabilities for border surveillance and situational awareness

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Code: 29872 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on the capabilities for border surveillance and situational awareness.

External borders of the European Union and of the Schengen area, ranging from those closer to the Mediterranean to the Nordic Countries external land borders, present different border surveillance challenges. These differences may lead to difficulties in efficiently monitoring them, deterring illegal activities across the external borders, as well as trafficking of human beings and exploitation of irregular migration that avoid border crossing points. Solutions should hence allow re-orienting capacity and resources accordingly (through physical portability and/or other approaches). Cooperation for surveillance along borders requires compatibility and interoperability among legacy and planned systems.

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Open grounds for pre-commercial procurement of innovative security technologies

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Code: 29870 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-SSRI-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on open grounds for pre-commercial procurement of innovative security technologies.

End-users and public procurers from several countries are invited to submit proposals for a preparatory action that should build the grounds for a future Pre-Commercial Procurement action. Both this preparatory action and the future PCP action are open to proposals oriented to the acquisition of R&D services for the development of innovative technologies, systems, tools or techniques to enhance border security, to fight against crime and terrorism, to protect infrastructure and public spaces, and/or to make societies more resilient against natural or human-made disasters.

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Accelerating uptake through open proposals for advanced SME innovation

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Code: 29868 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-SSRI-01-02 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

The topic focuses on accelerating uptake through open proposals for advanced SME innovation.
This topic aims to offer a collaborative environment for small and medium innovators to tailor their innovations to the specific needs of civil security end-users.

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Privacy-preserving and identity management technologies

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Code: 29866 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on privacy and identity management technologies.

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Security of robust AI systems

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Code: 29864 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on the security of AI systems.

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Secure Computing Continuum (IoT, Edge, Cloud, Dataspaces)

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Code: 29862 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on the secure Computing Continuum (IoT, Edge, Cloud, Dataspaces).

Projects’ results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- Tools to support cybersecurity resilience, preparedness, awareness, and detection within critical infrastructures and across supply chains;
- Cloud infrastructures vulnerabilities mitigation;
- Secure integration of untrusted IoT in trusted environments;
- Use of Zero-Trust architectures;
- Trust & Security for massive connected IoT ecosystems & lifecycle management;
- AI-based automation tools for cyber threat intelligence.
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Facilitating strategic cooperation to ensure the provision of essential services

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Code: 29854 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-INFRA-01-01 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on facilitating strategic cooperation to ensure the provision of essential services.

Proposals under this topic should support the competent authorities of Member States to identify and develop the most suitable tools, solutions and strategies to ensure the resilience of key sectors and thus facilitate the implementation of [related/ future] EU legislation.

Applicants should focus on delivering solutions that can be used by the competent authorities of EU Member States, to support their task in overseeing the resilience of key sectors in line with relevant EU rules.

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Supporting operators against cyber and non-cyber threats to reinforce the resilience of critical infrastructures

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Code: 29852 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-INFRA-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on supporting operators against cyber and non-cyber threats to reinforce the resilience of critical infrastructures.

Operators should be equipped with the best possible means to be able to prevent, resist, absorb and recover from disruptive incidents, no matter if they are caused by natural hazards, accidents, terrorism, insider threats, or public health emergencies.

A possible project focusing on the protection of critical infrastructures against such threat should consider gaps and vulnerabilities that need to be identified and overcome (e.g. protection of drinking water supply systems from high chemical levels, nuclear facilities, etc.).

The successful proposal, following a sector-based approach and identifying a specific priority sector, should work on how to increase the combined cyber and non-cyber resilience operators. It should do so by orienting itself on sectors that have not been covered in previous research, out of the list of sectors described in the respective Annexes of the of the directive on the resilience of critical entities (CER) and the directive on measures for high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS-2) and thus contribute to enhancing the overall resilience on EU-level, in line with the EU Security Union Strategy.

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EIC Pathfinder Challenge: In-space solar energy harvesting for innovative space applications

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Code: 29704 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/06/2023 | End submission calls: 25/10/2023

The overall goal of this Challenge includes the development of technologies required for in-space energy harvesting and transmission, and of novel propulsion technologies that will use such harvested energy.

This Challenge aims at developing and as such make related impacts in:
- Design and laboratory validation of concepts to develop technologies for energy harvesting in space e.g. in-space utilisation of this energy for transportation and other related research and innovation activities, in particular for cleaning space debris;
- Development and laboratory validation of breakthrough technologies for wireless power transmission of energy, e.g. through power grid, for energy beam pointing and control;
- Development of eco-friendly and innovative green propulsion solutions for in-space applications (e.g., spacecraft orbital corrections, in orbit satellite servicing, active debris removal, end-of-life services, etc.) addressing the barriers to the use of in-space solar energy for innovative propulsion.
- Use of innovative in-space robotic solutions for in-space manufacturing and assembly of space-based solar units.
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EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Responsible Electronics

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Code: 29702 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/06/2023 | End submission calls: 25/10/2023

The overall goal of this Challenge is to create opportunities for discovery of new environmentally friendly electronic materials, thus reducing its environmental impact and the need for critical raw materials and hazardous chemicals.

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EIC Pathfinder Challenge: AEC digitalisation for a new triad of design, fabrication, and materials

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Code: 29700 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/06/2023 | End submission calls: 25/10/2023

This Challenge seeks to develop research and early innovations with a breakthrough potential related to design, fabrication and materials for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) value chain enabled by novel algorithms and advanced digitalization. In such a digitalized AEC value chain design, fabrication and materials are symbiotic and mutually dependent and enabling.

The potential of the digitalised, mutually interdependent, mutually reinforcing, intertwined triad of design, fabrication and materials can potentially exceed our wildest imaginations. This Challenge seeks the realisation of disruptive solutions for AEC.

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EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Clean and efficient cooling

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Code: 29698 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/06/2023 | End submission calls: 25/10/2023

This EIC Pathfinder Challenge aims at advancing scientific knowledge and technological development of novel, clean and efficient cooling solutions that fully underpin “cold economy” vision.

For this purpose, the portfolio of projects supported under this Challenge should explore the potentials of new devices, processes, components and materials for clean cooling generation, storage and/or transport.
Specific objectives of the Challenge are to explore new devices, processes, components and materials for cooling.

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EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Precision Nutrition

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Code: 29696 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/06/2023 | End submission calls: 25/10/2023

The goal of this Challenge is to investigate and provide scientific evidence of the role of diet in FrHCs and NCDs.

The specific objectives of this Challenge are:
- Investigate causal relationships among diet, microbiome and glycans, with potential impact on personalising human diet.
- Identify food ingredients, food technology processes, additives and dietary patterns that have negative effects on human health and, aging.
- Identify food ingredients, food technology processes and additives that have a beneficial effect on human health, and aging.
- Develop recommendations for the reformulation of new food products and processes with no- or fewer additives.
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European Researchers' Night and Researchers at Schools 2024-2025

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Code: 29693 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2023-CITIZENS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/06/2023 | End submission calls: 25/10/2023

Proposals should cover both the organisation of the European Researchers’ Night and the implementation of the Researchers at Schools initiative.

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EIT Category

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Code: 29656 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-EIT-2023-EITWomenLeadership | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 15/06/2023 | End submission calls: 27/09/2023

The European Prize for Women Innovators celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind Europe’s most ground-breaking innovations. The prize rewards women from across the EU and countries associated to Horizon Europe, whose disruptive innovations are driving positive change for people and planet.

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Women Innovators Category

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Code: 29638 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-WomenInnovatorsPrize | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 15/06/2023 | End submission calls: 27/09/2023

The European Prize for Women Innovators celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind Europe’s most ground-breaking innovations. The prize rewards women from across the EU and countries associated to Horizon Europe, whose disruptive innovations are driving positive change for people and planet.

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Rising Innovators Category

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Code: 29636 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-RisingInnovatorsPrize | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 15/06/2023 | End submission calls: 27/09/2023

The European Prize for Women Innovators celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind Europe’s most ground-breaking innovations. The prize rewards women from across the EU and countries associated to Horizon Europe, whose disruptive innovations are driving positive change for people and planet.

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Implementing digital services to empower neuroscience research for health and brain inspired technology via EBRAINS

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Code: 29603 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-SERV-B-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/06/2023 | End submission calls: 07/09/2023

Building on the EBRAINS architecture and base facilities developed under Horizon 2020, the scope of this action is to:
- To implement a user-friendly service infrastructure along the principles of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) to widely serve the research communities in neurosciences, brain medicine and brain-inspired cognitive technologies.
- To develop, integrate in EBRAINS.
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Specialist Advisory Services to build capacities on innovation procurement

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Code: 29599 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2023-CONNECT-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 08/06/2023 | End submission calls: 21/09/2023

This action will support innovation procurement specialist advisory services that will act as the intermediary between public procurers and innovative suppliers, bridging those gaps that hamper the progress in the integration of innovative solutions in the public sector. With these innovation procurement specialist advisory services, it is expected to overcome the fragmentation and dispersion of public procurement across the EU, enhancing the coordination on procuring innovative solutions within Member States and Associated Countries.

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Stimulating Experimentation Practices

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Code: 29596 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2023-CONNECT-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 08/06/2023 | End submission calls: 21/09/2023

Due to this complex relationship between regulation and innovation, which varies on a case-by-case basis, it is important to ensure that disruptive innovations are tested in close cooperation not only with regulatory actors, but also end-users themselves. This would allow innovators to receive societal feedback before potential mass deployment, and regulators to create a flexible framework that takes into account the evolving nature of disruptive technologies.

In line with the New European Innovation Agenda, it is acknowledged that framework conditions, including regulations, can drive or thwart the development and uptake of innovative new products and processes. Moreover, it would be substantial to gain knowledge from distinct approaches taken forward across European Union (EU) Member States in order to clarify options at the disposal of innovators and regulators to facilitate such experimentation.

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Support to test EIC innovations for public and private procurers

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Code: 29591 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-INNOVPRO-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2023 | End submission calls: 07/11/2023

This action has two main objectives:
- to enable selected EIC Awardees to prove the concept or test, through structured pilots, their innovative solutions in the services or premises of interested buyers that are aiming at procuring innovation;
- to increase the purchase of innovative solutions from public and private procurers or buyers across Europe.
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Culture and Creativity Business Plan 2024-2025

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Code: 29588 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2024-2025-KIC-CCSI | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2023 | End submission calls: 28/09/2023

EIT Culture & Creativity should show how the KIC could contribute to the outcomes and impacts described in the KIC Strategic Agenda and the KPIs in the EIT Impact Framework following the specific EIT Culture & Creativity’s Impact Pathways, the likely scale and significance of this contribution, and the measures to maximise these impacts in the context of Horizon Europe. Each activity in education, innovation, business creation and EIT RIS included in the Business Plan should contribute to at least one core EIT KPI.

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Creating a digital passport to track battery materials, optimize battery performance and life, validate recycling, and promote a new business model based on data sharing (Batt4EU Partnership)

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Code: 29586 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D2-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

This topic focuses on the creation of a digital passport to track battery materials, optimize battery performance and life, validate recycling, and promote a new business model based on data sharing.

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New Approaches to Develop Enhanced Safety Materials for Gen 3 Li-Ion Batteries for Mobility Applications (Batt4EU Partnership)

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Code: 29584 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D2-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

This topic aims at developing safer materials for high-performing cells by targeted modification in main cell components, namely the cathode, anode, separator and electrolyte.

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Advanced materials and cells development enabling large-scale production of Gen4 solid-state batteries for mobility applications (Batt4EU Partnership)

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Code: 29580 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D2-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

This topic focuses on the advancement of materials and cells development enabling large-scale production of Gen4 solid-state batteries for mobility applications.

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Supporting the creation of an accessible and inclusive built environment (Built4People Partnership)

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Code: 29576 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D4-02-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

The focus will be on the different facilities of the built environment (buildings, multi-modal hubs, public spaces and other infrastructure for people’s use) that are open to the public. Built environment professionals require support to design, plan, build and operate facilities that are accessible and inclusive. Design concepts should make these facilities accessible for persons with disabilities and fragile people, following an inclusive, ‘design for all’ approach.

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Fast-tracking and promoting built environment construction and renovation innovation with local value chains (Built4People Partnership)

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Code: 29573 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D4-02-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

For effective fast-tracking and promotion of built environment construction and renovation innovation with local value chains, nascent construction innovation clusters need to link with regional/national innovation hubs and clusters. This will strengthen multi-disciplinary networking and collaboration amongst all actors of local and regional construction ecosystems and reinforce European value chains. A long-term network structure is needed, based on an appropriate business model and governance, to support these clusters and give them capacity to nurture and help deliver public and private investments in sustainable construction and renovation innovation also supporting digitalisation of the value chain.

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Demonstrate built-environment decarbonisation pathways through bottom-up technological, social and policy innovation for adaptive integrated sustainable renovation solutions (Built4People Partnership)

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Code: 29569 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D4-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

To improve the energy efficiency, circularity and sustainability of the built environment there is a need to develop and apply integrated approaches that demonstrate, in practice, achievable pathways for decarbonisation of the building stock through a whole life carbon approach, including temporary carbon storage in built works (e.g. thanks to wood-based products). This means developing and integrating new design techniques allowing for deconstruction and reuse – new products and components that can be dismantled and reused – and new products and components for construction works that incorporate reused and recycled elements and materials. In addition, there is a need to deploy and test through a value chain approach the enabling conditions that facilitate the integration of the innovations outlined above in planning, design, budgeting, procurement, construction practice, insurance, and related administrative and regulatory processes.

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EIT Manufacturing RIS Inclusiveness open call

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Code: 29567 | Identifier Code: RIS Inclusiveness | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 05/06/2023 | End submission calls: 04/08/2023

The RIS Inclusiveness call aims to attract, select, and support entities coming from EIT RIS countries towards developing innovative solutions to make the work in the manufacturing industry more inclusive for individuals with disabilities. The activity will provide financial support to the selected applicants. In addition, the selected applicants will receive support services provided by the EIT Manufacturing RIS team and aimed at supporting the implementation of their project.

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Solutions for the identification of vulnerable buildings and people-centric built environment, and for improving their resilience in disruptive events and altered conditions in a changing climate (Built4People Partnership)

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Code: 29563 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D4-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Buildings should contribute to an integrated approach for a safe and healthy people-centric built environment at block, district and urban level. The built environment needs to be adapted, designed, and constructed for combating the effects of Global Warming (increased heat island effect, increased cooling demands, water scarcity, etc.) and for providing safety and resilience to adverse climatic events at a larger scale, whilst ensuring their connection and integration with energy, ICT and transport infrastructures.

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Innovative uses of lifecycle data for the management of buildings and buildings portfolios (Built4People Partnership)

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Code: 29559 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D4-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

European buildings are producing an increasing amount of data on energy and non-energy uses. More and better data can lead to enhanced consumer information, contribute to an effective management of energy grids and support the creation of innovative energy services, new business models and financing schemes for distributed clean energy.

More work is needed to integrate energy data with lifecycle data (e.g. GHG emissions and removals, materials, water, health, comfort, life cycle cost and value, etc.), in order to optimise the performance of buildings and buildings’ portfolios across the board and support the decision making of owners/tenants/developers to transform existing and planned physical assets (buildings or buildings’ assets, e.g. distributed energy generation, e-mobility recharging infrastructure, micro-grids, building systems).

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Support to the SET Plan IWG on hydrogen

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Code: 29555 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-03-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 10/10/2023

The Implementation Working Group (IWG) on hydrogen set up in 2023 aims at implementing part of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) of the European Research Area (ERA) pilot on green hydrogen, and coordinating the work on hydrogen previously split between different IWGs of the SET Plan. This ERA Pilot on green hydrogen SRIA addresses specifically the need to ensure mutual coordination on an ongoing basis among national and regional hydrogen R&I programmes. It aims to maximise cooperation and synergies among member states and associated countries, and avoid inconsistencies, duplications, and fragmentation of measures.

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Digital solutions for defining synergies in international renewable energy value chains

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Code: 29552 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-03-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 10/10/2023

This topic focuses on the digital solutions for defining synergies in international renewable energy value chains.

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Components and interfacing for AC & DC side protection system – AC & DC grid: components and systems for grid optimisation

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Code: 29548 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-03-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 10/10/2023

Projects are expected to implement activities in (1) and the practical demonstration in (2) as described below:
1. Development of R&I activities, methodologies and tools for at least two of the sub-topics in A (a, b or c) and B. These can be developed/complemented among them and/or with others pertinent to each sub-topic.
2. Demonstration, test and validation of the activities developed in (1) in at least two pilots in different EU Member States/Associated Countries.
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Creation of a standardised and open-source peer-to-peer energy sharing platform architecture for the energy sector

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Code: 29544 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-03-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 10/10/2023

This topic focuses on creating a standardized and open source peer-to-peer energy exchange platform architecture for the energy sector.

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Digital tools for enhancing the uptake of digital services in the energy market

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Code: 29540 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-03-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 10/10/2023

Digitalisation develops faster than the ability of society to adjust. Digital technologies are a driving force for empowering citizens in taking on an active role in the just energy transition.

Increased acceptability of new digital technologies is pivotal: actions should focus on benefits of new digital services and users experience to overcome the expected friction of end-consumer on boarding, developing innovative tools for engagement and literacy. Social innovation tools and multi-disciplinary approaches and engagement of policy makers at various levels, the private sector, civil society and citizens at large are required.

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System approach for grid planning and upgrade in support of a dominant electric mobility (vehicles and vessels) using AI tools

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Code: 29537 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-03-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 10/10/2023

This topic focuses on the system approach for grid planning and the upgrade in support of a dominant electric mobility (vehicles and vessels) using AI tools.

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Integration of renewable gases, other than hydrogen or methane, and which have not access to gas grids and interfacing with electricity and heat sectors

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Code: 29534 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-03-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 10/10/2023

This topic focuses on the demonstration of decentralized production of renewable gaseous energy carriers other than hydrogen and purified biomethane, namely biogas and syngas for example, and its integration in local energy systems and/or energy consuming industries for direct electricity and heat and cooling production.

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Increasing the efficiency of innovative static energy conversion devices for electricity and heat/cold generation

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Code: 29531 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-03-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 10/10/2023

Projects are expected to implement both the activities in (1) and the validation/demonstration in (2) for the technologies listed above addressed individually and/or as combination of them or with other generation technologies (e.g., Thermionic Photovoltaic TIPV).

Projects are expected to develop further the harvesting of renewable energy in areas/conditions where other conversion systems are less efficient, less convenient or not possible.

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Accelerating the green transition and energy access in Africa

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Code: 29528 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

The scope of tis topic is the acceleration in the green transition and energy access of Africa. Specifically, the proposal should demonstrate innovative sustainable renewable energy solutions that improve climate adaptation and/or mitigation potential compared to other technologies/solutions in the African social, economic and environmental contexts. Also, proposals should consider the generation of renewable energy, and where relevant the transmission, and the use of storage/battery systems.

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Critical technologies to improve the lifetime, efficient decommissioning and increase the circularity of offshore and onshore wind energy systems

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Code: 29524 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Innovative technologies to improve the lifetime, efficient decommissioning and increase the circularity of wind energy systems.

Project results are expected to contribute for the improvement of the overall lifetime, reliability, recyclability, sustainability, operability and maintainability of onshore and offshore wind turbines and foundations/substructures. Also the project should result to the affordable of high life-cycle performance, life extension, more efficient decommissioning, and improved circularity of wind turbine components.

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Digital twin for forecasting of power production to wind energy demand

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Code: 29521 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

The objective of this topic is to develop new digital twins to optimise the exploitation of individual wind farms (onshore, bottom-fixed offshore and floating offshore) as well as wind farm clusters, in view of transforming them into virtual power plants delivering a more reliable and secure electricity system.

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Operation, Performance and Maintenance of PV Systems

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Code: 29518 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Proposals are expected to demonstrate technical solutions, processes and models, which increase a PV system’s operational performance, stability and reliability. The introduction of novel PV technologies and novel PV system designs makes the need of increased field performance and reliability a continuous industry demand.

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Large Area Perovskite solar cells and modules

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Code: 29490 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

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.

The record power conversion efficiency of small-area perovskite solar cells has impressively exceeded 25%. For commercial application, scaling up the device area to fabricate efficient perovskite solar modules is the necessary next step. However, there is still a certain efficiency gap between the large and small size.
To minimise this gap proposals are expected to:
- Demonstrate an industrially scalable method for the (homogeneous) deposition of high-quality large-area perovskite films.
- Demonstrate fabrication of large-area charge transporting layers and electrodes.
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Advanced concepts for crystalline Silicon technology

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Code: 29486 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

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.

Proposals are expected to develop architectures approaching the theoretical efficiency limit of c-Si cells and providing the direction for even higher mass-production industrial cell performance (for example by reducing surface recombination in silicon, lowering recombination losses at metal contacts, maximizing light trapping in silicon, etc.).

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Development of innovative power take-off and control systems for wave energy devices

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Code: 29481 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Power take-off (PTO) and control systems (including “prime mover” (waves to mechanical power) as well as the ancillary equipment like gearboxes, generators, and power electronics, power controllers, grid interfaces and other items, are key subsystems of wave energy converters.

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Demonstration of sustainable hydropower refurbishment

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Code: 29479 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Refurbish, upgrade and increase existing hydropower capacity to make it fit for market and digital challenges of the future power system and for supporting increasing shares of variable renewable energy sources.
- Increase technology leadership, competitiveness and technology export potential of European hydropower industry.
- Enhanced sustainability of refurbished hydropower installations.
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Development of microalgae and/or direct solar fuel production and purification technologies for advanced aviation and /or shipping fuels

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Code: 29476 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Development of microalgae and/or direct solar fuel production and purification technologies for making advanced aviation and /or shipping fuels from microalgae and/or direct sun use a techno-economic feasible, cost-effective and sustainable option for large-scale use of microalgae-based and/or solar-based advanced fuels in aviation and /or shipping. Specific focus should be on purification of microalgae biomass and /or direct solar fuel components and delivery to advanced algae-based fuels and /or direct solar fuels for aviation and/or shipping.

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Development of next generation advanced biofuel technologies

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Code: 29473 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Increase availability of disruptive emerging advanced biofuel technologies.
- Accelerate the readiness of cost-effective and highly performing future technologies of advanced biofuels for all economy sectors.
- Reinforce the European scientific basis and European technology export potential for advanced biofuel technologies.
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Smart use of geothermal electricity and heating and cooling in the energy system

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Code: 29471 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Geothermal as backbone of a heating grid including geological thermal storage facilities as system support.

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Geothermal energy will be widely deployed and competitively priced, underpinned with reduced capital, operational and maintenance costs. Geothermal and geological thermal storage facilities as support system will be a backbone of the heating grid .
- Improved system integration of geothermal heat and power plants coping with changing demand for electricity, heat and cooling and intermittent renewable power generation.
- Enhanced operation flexibility of a geothermal heat and power plant by improving substantially key performance indicators: ramp rate & start-up time, power & heat operation range, overload capability.
- Implementation of smart control system aiming at optimizing plant operation by taking into account various control parameters (current and anticipated) such as demand (power & heat), price signals, flexibility of demand, ancillary grid services, renewable generation, etc.
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Advanced exploration technologies for geothermal resources in a wide range of geological settings

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Code: 29466 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

To ensure a reliable pre-drilling assessment of shallow and/or deep geothermal resources and reservoirs, high resolution reservoir characterisation and exploration methods and approaches are essential to minimize exploration and production risks.

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Reduction of LCOE approaching SET Plan targets.
- Improved exploration technologies leading to increased drilling success rate and performance and reliability improvement of shallow and/or deep geothermal systems.
- Increased knowledge to reduce risk of seismicity and to reduce environmental impact in line with the DNSH principle.
- Increased region, city, and citizen engagement for geothermal energy.
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Innovative components and configurations for heat pumps

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Code: 29464 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

For the current topic, support will be given to develop innovative heat pumps and/or heat pump components. The innovative heat pumps and/or heat pump components should be more efficient and more reliable than current commercial solutions. They should be safe and affordable.
Proposals should consider standardisation activities as part of their R&I approach, with a view to bringing their technologies closer to the market.

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Industrial manufacturing for lower-cost solar thermal components and systems

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Code: 29460 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
- Reduced consumption of materials.
- Reduced environmental footprint of the European solar thermal manufacturing industry.
- Increased competitiveness of the European solar thermal manufacturing industry.
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Novel thermal energy storage for CSP

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Code: 29457 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Improved dispatchability of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants.
- Improved role of CSP plants in the energy system.
- Reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
- Achievement of the CSP targets of the Strategic Energy Technology Plan.
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Development of near zero-emission biomass heat and/or CHP including carbon capture

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Code: 29454 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Advance the European scientific basis and increase technology competitiveness and technology export potential in the area of bioenergy.
- Reduced cost and improved technical performance and efficiency of bio-based heat and/or CHP.
- Enhance sustainability of biomass-based heat and/or CHP by addressing socioeconomic and environmental sustainability, in particular in reducing emissions and air pollution and also addressing aspects of carbon reuse and circularity, also in particular in fossil-fuel-based economic areas in transition.
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Support for dissemination events in the field of Transport Research

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Code: 29449 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Actions should address the activities of Part A and Part B.

Part A: The action will prepare and provide support to the Transport Research Arena conference (TRA) to be organised in 2026 gathering transport stakeholders for discussing political, industrial and research issues on a European and global level.

Part B: The proposal is expected to also organise two competitions for transport research and innovation awards covering all transport modes and cross-cutting issues (technological, socio-economic and behavioural aspects) in line with the EU policy objectives for climate-neutral and environmentally friendly mobility.

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New ways of reducing serious injuries and the long-term consequences of road crashes

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Code: 29445 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

In addition to fatal and near-fatal injuries, personal injuries with long-term consequences continue to pose a threat to personal mobility. Particularly pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcycle riders, as well as users of new mobility devices, have a high risk to sustain personal injuries with long-term outcomes, such as brain and neck injuries. In cars, despite new collision mitigation systems, low and medium severity collisions may still cause similar permanent neurological disorders to occupants.

More research is needed to establish a relevant system for classification of long-term or permanent disability that can be used for the development and design of future protective solutions as well as policies and requirements.

New efforts in accident research are required, as well as the most related social sciences (economics and psychology), further to research in biomechanics, vehicle crashworthiness, and other aspects of crash dynamics.

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Aviation safety - Uncertainty quantification for safety and risk management

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Code: 29442 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Uncertainty is an upper bound between the estimate of aircraft characteristics and performance at a certain stage of its development and characteristics of the aircraft once in service. As such, the full lifecycle of aviation systems should be taken into account, including uncertainties occurring during manufacturing operations.

Project results should focus to the quantification of uncertainty (UQ) in all aspects of the design, manufacturing and operations for achieving high level of safety and a better management of risks.

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Better infrastructure safety on urban and secondary rural roads throughout a combination of adaptable monitoring and maintenance solutions

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Code: 29439 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

The research under this topic, should focus on urban and secondary rural networks as most of the resources for upgrading the road network is often devoted to primary networks (with specific attention to the Trans-European Road Network).

For urban and secondary roads, resources are generally limited, and potential negative impact of roadworks on the surrounding territory is extremely relevant. Low-cost interventions with low negative impact need to be studied for these roads.

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Climate resilient and safe maritime ports

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Code: 29435 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Research is needed in order to limit transport infrastructure vulnerability to climate change and other natural or human caused disruptions. Making infrastructures more resilient to climate change should focus on improving the ability of the transport infrastructure network to withstand disruption, adapt to changing conditions under extreme circumstances while maintaining its performance.

The goal is to strengthen infrastructure reliability, improve its performance under extreme circumstances thus increasing the resilience of the whole transport system.

Port and waterway operators need to take urgent action to strengthen resilience and adapt.

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Future-proof GHG and environmental emissions factors for accounting emissions from transport and logistics operations

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Code: 29422 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Proposals under this topic should develop a comprehensive set of harmonised emission factors for the transport sector (freight and passenger), covering GHG emissions (CO2 equivalent) of transport and logistics operations. Proposals should address values for the entire transport/logistics chain and take up the full energy lifecycle (Well-To-Wheel/Wake).

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Operational automation to support multimodal freight transport

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Code: 29420 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Automated vehicles, rolling stock and vessels, as well as related transhipment automated processes, are developed independently within the various transport modes and sectors.

Automation will change the way goods flow across all modes (possibly encouraging modal shifts to coastal shipping modes/smaller vessel fleets, inland waterways transport, railway transport, or alternative road transport usages) and is not well explored in terms of opportunities for the logistics supply chains and enabling increased usage of vehicles and infrastructures. A high level of operational automation can be reached in terminals and hubs (e.g. node-to-node operations undertaken in inland hubs, multimodal depots, logistics terminals, freight consolidation facilities), which offer controlled environments and repeatable processes but also in the operational domain of processes occurring in those places.

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Zero-emission e-commerce and freight delivery and return choices by retailers, consumers and local authorities

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Code: 29418 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

To support changing retailers and customers’ behaviours towards zero-emission freight delivery and return choices, the research actions will have to develop co-created actions able to increase transparency and consumers’ awareness of greenhouse gas emissions and other impacts (considering also socio-economic ones) of e-commerce, deliveries and returns. They will have also to propose zero-emission delivery solutions and develop supporting incentive schemes to encourage customers to make sustainable choices, still in accordance with their preferences and in combination with competitive and sustainable retail value propositions. The research actions will have to take into account and build on existing methods and standards to compare the emission in the transport value chain of B2C e-commerce, and to be developed in line with the Commission’s initiative on EU framework for harmonised measurement of transport and logistics emissions – ‘CountEmissions EU’.

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CCAM effects on jobs and education, plans for skills that match the CCAM development, and prerequisites for employment growth (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 29416 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

In order to make the socio-economic transition to CCAM fair for all, it is important to anticipate and mitigate potential job losses and job relocations due to CCAM deployment (including shared services) by ensuring that necessary skills are available and up scaled across a wide range of fields (along the entire CCAM value chain, from mobility operators, IT staff, drivers and non-drivers, to administration and management in transport).

The proposed action will aim to further anticipate and mitigate the impacts and rebound effects on jobs due to the deployment of road based CCAM systems and services, as well as boost innovation capabilities through the availability and upscaling of CCAM-specific professional skills. In addition, proposed actions should raise the awareness of the stakeholder community to better understand and anticipate upcoming socio-economic needs and requirements (especially in terms of employment opportunities and skills) and provide support through proactive planning.

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Integrating European diversity in the design, development and implementation of CCAM solutions to support mobility equity (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 29414 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

The range of cultural, geographical and policy diversities need to be integrated into the design, development and deployment of CCAM solutions. Such diversities can include infrastructure (certain regions have dedicated lanes for alternative mobility solutions, strong bike cultures), specific geographical dispositions (mountains, harsh weather conditions leading to car-captivity or a centralisation of mobility services), or cultural norms and working conditions. Furthermore, there are also regional regulatory, policy and governance structures that influence the development and implementation of CCAM or other innovative services.

R&I actions therefore, will provide a geographical and cultural understanding of CCAM uptake and use, with the aim of contributing to a more integrated, diverse and people centric approach to the design, development and implementation of CCAM supporting mobility equity.

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Infrastructure-enabled solutions for improving the continuity or extension of Operational Design Domains (ODDs) (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 29412 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

Operational Design Domains (ODDs) of automated vehicle functions are currently limited (e.g. motorways up to 60 km/h). Infrastructure-enabled or -supported solutions can help automated vehicles to overcome the limitation and fragmentation of ODDs.
The scope includes technology requirements, coherence with proven physical and digital infrastructure support concepts, using Digital Twins for true redundancy and operation in different weather conditions.

Social innovation should be considered to support the actions under this topic, thereby empowering different stakeholders and communities in the design, development and implementation of innovative ideas that are in line with societal needs.

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Generation of scenarios for development, training, virtual testing and validation of CCAM systems (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 29410 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-02 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

The aim of this call topic is to generate a wide range of test scenarios for the training, testing and validation of CCAM systems with a focus on urban and rural traffic, for which there is significantly less knowledge on relevant scenarios than for motorway driving.

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User-centric development of vehicle technologies and solutions to optimise the on-board experience and ensure inclusiveness (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 29408 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/05/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

In the transition from human-driven to automated vehicles, optimising the on-board experience and overall satisfaction of users is paramount for high social buy-in and widespread adoption of CCAM-based mobility solutions. This can be achieved through the development, integration and validation of advanced vehicle technologies and solutions that serve to optimise the usability, perception and experience on-board and when boarding/off-boarding. All users will demand vehicles that allow and facilitate relaxing, social or work-related activities within a space designed for health and well-being and that are responsive to individual needs (depending on gender, age, disability, size, weight etc.), while ensuring privacy for social interaction.

To achieve these objectives, it is expected that activities will focus on the development and validation of a range of new, advanced technologies and solutions that leverage the latest advances in technologies and know-how in terms of ensuring a seamless interaction between the vehicle and its occupants.

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MSCA Doctoral Networks 2023

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Code: 29399 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/05/2023 | End submission calls: 28/11/2023

MSCA Doctoral Networks will implement doctoral programmes, by partnerships of universities, research institutions and research infrastructures, businesses including SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond. MSCA Doctoral Networks are indeed open to the participation of organisations from third countries, in view of fostering strategic international partnerships for the training and exchange of researchers.

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Supporting the All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance and Declaration

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Code: 29349 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-02-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 25/05/2023 | End submission calls: 21/09/2023

The actions should aim at supporting a wider understanding of the opportunities and promoting a sustainable management of the Atlantic Ocean as a whole, through a large-scale basin effort involving both the northern and the southern parts of this ocean, and its interlinks with the adjacent polar areas.
To achieve this, it will be necessary to bring together and systematically connect scientists, a wide range of public and private stakeholders, including civil society and youth, with data, knowledge, expertise, capacities, infrastructures and resources.

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EIT Manufacturing Competition LEADERS - Women Innovators in Manufacturing at EIT RIS

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Code: 29340 | Identifier Code: RIS LEADERS 2023 Call | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 19/05/2023 | End submission calls: 18/07/2023

The LEADERS – Women Innovators in Manufacturing at EIT RIS (Regional Innovation Scheme) competition celebrates the women innovators behind solutions addressing manufacturing-related challenges.
The Prize is awarded to the women innovators based in the RIS eligible countries who have created a large impact on the innovation ecosystem by transforming ideas into new and advanced products and/or services to benefit the people and planet. With this prize, EIT Manufacturing seeks to raise awareness of the need for more women innovators in manufacturing and create role models for women and girls everywhere.

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Implementing co-funded action plans for connected regional innovation valleys

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Code: 29160 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2023-CONNECT-03-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 17/05/2023 | End submission calls: 17/10/2023

The aim of this topic is to foster the creation of efficient, open, inclusive and interconnected European innovation ecosystems in line with the New European Innovation Agenda, notably in thematic/technological areas (including deep tech) that will be critical for EU value chains.

It will also contribute to the twin green and digital transition and a resilient society, and to the net-zero objective, particularly in the areas of reducing reliance on the fossil fuels, increasing global food security, mastering the digital transformation (including cybersecurity), improving healthcare, and achieving circularity.

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Twinning Green Deal

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Code: 28889 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 25/04/2023 | End submission calls: 28/09/2023

Topic B: The Twinning Green Deal

As regards the Twinning Green Deal, climate change is the biggest challenge and the European Green Deal considers it is an opportunity to build a new economic model. The European Green Deal set the blueprint for this transformational change. All 27 EU Member States committed to turning the EU into the first climate neutral continent by 2050. To get there, they pledged to reduce emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. This will create new opportunities for innovation and investment and jobs. It includes research and innovation actions related among others, to transport, industry, energy, buildings’ ecological efficiency, nature and health protection, boosting global climate action.

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Twinning Bottom-Up

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Code: 28887 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 25/04/2023 | End submission calls: 28/09/2023

Topic A: The (usual) Twining Bottom-Up

To prevent further disparities, maximise investment in Research and Development and enhance economic growth, Horizon Europe is taking relevant actions under Widening participation and spreading excellence objective. Twinning actions are one of the main instruments of this objective.

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Dissemination and Exploitation Support Facility

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Code: 28885 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-05-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/04/2023 | End submission calls: 28/09/2023

This action should be implemented as a CSA awarded to consortia of at least three entities who should have a proven track record of success in Dissemination & Exploitation and related training, communication and networking.

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The European Innovation Procurement Awards Prize - HORIZON-EIC-2023-EUIPA-PRIZES-03

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Code: 28519 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-EUIPA-PRIZES-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/04/2023 | End submission calls: 17/08/2023

The European Innovation Procurement Awards 2023-2024 aim to recognise public and private buyers, natural persons and those legal entities supporting these practices across Europe in their efforts to promote and stimulate both procurement of innovative solutions and the innovative ways the solutions are procured. It also aims to demonstrate how innovation procurement positively transforms the economy by not only creating new and sustainable markets, but also by tackling societal challenges such as green energy transition.

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ERA Fellowships

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Code: 28514 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/04/2023 | End submission calls: 13/09/2023

This action builds on the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 action (HORIZON-MSCA-PF-2023-01-01). Fellowships should be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking cross-border mobility.

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EIT Culture and Creativity - Community Catalyser (Call 5)

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Code: 28469 | Identifier Code: Call 5 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 11/04/2023 | End submission calls: 31/05/2023

EIT Culture and Creativity is looking for activities where Cultural and Creativity Sector and Industry (CCSI) concepts, methods, or resources empower social innovations (e.g., products, services or models) that address place-based challenges related to the Triple Transition. The activities shall leverage creative and cultural approaches enabling local communities to develop and implement innovative solutions leading to shared or similar challenges.

Building on any of the creative and cultural subsectors (e.g., audiovisual, videogames, performing arts, music, architecture, design, culture, heritage or the arts) the approaches shall lead to clear innovations with scalable and replicable potential that increase both the social and cultural cohesion in the communities, as well as increasing a sense of belonging and empowerment.

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EIT Culture and Creativity - Venture Factory (Call 4)

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Code: 28455 | Identifier Code: Call 4 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 11/04/2023 | End submission calls: 31/05/2023

Building on the growth and impact potential of Cultural and Creativity Sector and Industry (CCSI) enterprises EIT Culture & Creativity is looking for new incubation and / or accelerator programmes for CCSI businesses to become part of the support structure and ecosystem of the EIT Culture & Creativity. Through the activities EIT Culture & Creativity will create incubation and acceleration services that support SMEs that have a robust value proposition and scaling potential.

The programmes shall deliver excellence, synergies and shared learnings ensuring high standard, fit for purpose for CCSI, and able to deliver the impact, results and scalability in terms of growth of the sector and financial sustainability.

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EIT Culture and Creativity - Breakthrough Lab (Call 3)

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Code: 28438 | Identifier Code: Call 3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 11/04/2023 | End submission calls: 31/05/2023

The objective of this Call is to support innovations building on creative solutions to tackle the major challenges facing the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI) as well as global challenges addressed by CCSI. Projects supported as part of the Breakthrough Lab will be ‘close to market’ and will lead to income-generating innovations within 24 months from the start of the project.

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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023

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Code: 28436 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/04/2023 | End submission calls: 13/09/2023

The objective of the present call is to provide fellowships to excellent researchers, undertaking international mobility. Applications will be made jointly by the researcher and a beneficiary in the academic or non-academic sector.

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EIT Culture and Creativity - Skills Filter (Call 2)

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Code: 28383 | Identifier Code: Call 2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 11/04/2023 | End submission calls: 31/05/2023

The objective of this Call is to support the development and delivery of new lifelong learning courses, renewing and refreshing the skills of professionals and practitioners active in CCSI fields. The activities shall provide structured access to crucial entrepreneurial and cross-cutting competencies such as business and financial management, use of emerging technologies for improving their competitiveness, and ethical, sustainable and business models.

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EIT Culture and Creativity - Talent Scaler (Call 1)

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Code: 28381 | Identifier Code: Call 1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 11/04/2023 | End submission calls: 31/05/2023

EIT Culture and Creativity has announced the launch of the call “Talent Scaler (Call 1)” for the submission of proposals.

Through the development of EIT labelled Master’s programmes financed through this Call, students will be given the tools and skills necessary to advance and future proof the European Culture and Creativity Sector and Industry (CCSI). Each programme should be based on the integration of the three sides of the Knowledge Triangle: education, research, and business/innovation. Accordingly, they should have a strong focus on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship and build on a set of specific quality criteria and overarching learning outcomes.

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Validation of fluid-derived biomarkers for the prediction and prevention of brain disorders

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Code: 28337 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-03-13-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/04/2023 | End submission calls: 19/09/2023

Treatments for some high-burden brain disorders are potentially on the horizon. For some disorders, a definitive diagnosis is difficult, expensive and time-consuming. Simple blood or other fluid-derived (e.g. saliva, urine, sweat) tests for markers that may indicate early signs of the disorder, and which can be deployed for widespread clinical use are needed.

The brain disorders within the scope of this topic fall under two categories, namely those listed under chapters six and eight of the International Classification of Diseases. Proposals in the area of mental disorders are encouraged.

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Tackling high-burden for patients, under-researched medical conditions

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Code: 28335 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-03-14-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/04/2023 | End submission calls: 19/09/2023

A number of medical conditions fail to be recognized and/or correctly diagnosed in a significant proportion of patients. Consequently, they are undertreated and can often become a chronic burden to the patient. These medical conditions may be under-researched despite their high prevalence. This topic excludes rare diseases.

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Comparative effectiveness research for healthcare interventions in areas of high public health need

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Code: 28333 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-03-08-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/04/2023 | End submission calls: 19/09/2023

The paediatric population, including children born preterm, has also its specific needs in specially adjusted therapeutics and early interventions to address emerging health and developmental problems. Similar to the elderly population, the paediatric population is often excluded from many clinical trials that generate the evidence base for healthcare interventions. Women, including pregnant women, are also often under-represented in clinical studies and access to quality healthcare is frequently inadequate. Other population groups with limited access to quality healthcare and/or under-representation in clinical studies include low-income groups, and refugees. Intersectionality within these groups also needs consideration.

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Pandemic preparedness and response: Adaptive platform trials for pandemic preparedness

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Code: 28329 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-03-11-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/04/2023 | End submission calls: 19/09/2023

This topic aims to provide funding to adaptive clinical platform trials that may be implemented routinely outside of an epidemic or pandemic context, but that are designed to be ready for the timely assessment of novel diagnostics, therapeutics or vaccines in the face of an epidemic or pandemic.

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Personalised prevention of non-communicable diseases - addressing areas of unmet needs using multiple data sources

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Code: 28306 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-STAYHLTH-01-05-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/03/2023 | End submission calls: 19/09/2023

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for the majority of the disease burden in Europe and are the leading cause of avoidable premature death. The human and financial cost of NCDs is high and expected to grow. Reducing the burden of NCDs requires a holistic approach and tackling health inequalities across the board. Preventing NCDs from developing in the first place will be at the core of successful public health programmes in the future.

Personalised prevention is the assessment of health risks for individuals based on their specific background traits to recommend tailored prevention.

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Towards a holistic support to children and adolescents’ health and care provisions in an increasingly digital society

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Code: 28282 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-STAYHLTH-01-02-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/03/2023 | End submission calls: 19/09/2023

This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several impacts of destination 1 “Staying healthy in a rapidly changing society”. To that end, proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that are directed at, tailored towards and contributing to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Children, adolescents and their parents/carers are educated and empowered in prevention strategies involving personalised approaches and solutions (also through the use of digital tools) to manage, maintain and improve children’s and adolescents’ own health, physical activity, nutrition habits, leisure needs, mental and social well-being, in full respect of the privacy of individuals.
- Children and adolescents, including those from vulnerable contexts, monitor their health risks, adopt healthy lifestyles at home, at school and in the community and interact with their doctors and carers (receiving and providing feedback), also through the means of digitally enabled solutions, better health literacy, training and critical thinking.
- Thanks to better co-creation, training, digital and health literacy, children, adolescents, parents and carers across Europe access and use person-centred, widely available solutions for children and adolescents’ health, care and wellbeing, appropriate to a rapidly changing and increasingly digitalised society, also considering the risk of digital addiction.
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Associating Ukrainian cities to the Climate-neutral and smart cities Mission

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Code: 28280 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-CIT-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 04/04/2023 | End submission calls: 06/09/2023

The scope of this action is to associate more closely Ukrainian cities in the process of transition towards climate neutrality that is being promoted by the Horizon Europe Climate-neutral and smart cities Mission.

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Innovative non-animal human-based tools and strategies for biomedical research

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Code: 28236 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-TOOL-05-06-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/03/2023 | End submission calls: 19/09/2023

Proposals to be submitted under this call should develop and/or use tools and strategies that address critical areas of biomedical research where animal-models are currently used but are of limited translational value for investigation and development of prevention and treatment. Such advanced tools and strategies should aim at a better understanding of the pathogenesis of disorders that feature a high impact on public health and exhibit a high rate of animal use or severe animal suffering, and enable to develop biomedical concepts with increased translational value, thereby ultimately leading to improved disease prediction, prevention and treatment.

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The role of environmental pollution in non-communicable diseases: air, noise and light and hazardous waste pollution

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Code: 28198 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-ENVHLTH-02-06-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/03/2023 | End submission calls: 19/09/2023

The European Green Deal set out by the European Commission recognises that man-made environmental pollution is an increasing threat for human health and wellbeing. Opinion polls show that climate change, air pollution, and waste are the three most important environmental issues that European citizens are concerned about.

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Access to health and care services for people in vulnerable situations

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Code: 28196 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-CARE-04-04-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/03/2023 | End submission calls: 19/09/2023

Activities under this call should focus on groups that are in vulnerable situations from a social, financial or health perspective, or at risk of discrimination, such as migrants, Roma people, trans and intersex people, specific age and gender groups (that intersects with other aspects of vulnerability, such as elderly women), indigenous people, homeless people, people in poverty or at risk of poverty, people with disabilities or patients with complex conditions.

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The European Social Innovation Competition 2023

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Code: 28194 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-EUSIC-PRIZES-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/03/2023 | End submission calls: 30/05/2023

The European Social Innovation Competition aims at raising awareness about social innovation across a wide audience, sparking the creation of new socially innovative ideas creating a network of like-minded practitioners and supporting finalists to transform their ideas into structured businesses.

The European Social Innovation Competition 2023 will focus on ‘Fighting energy poverty’ – Repower EU.

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The EU Prize for Humanitarian Innovation

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Code: 27928 | Identifier Code: The EU Prize for Humanitarian Innovation | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/03/2023 | End submission calls: 03/10/2023

The European Prize for Humanitarian Innovation celebrates the humanitarian organisations, social enterprises, and companies that are developing technology to deliver better quality assistance to vulnerable people affected by natural disasters and man-made crises such as conflicts.

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The European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital)

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Code: 27763 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-ICAPITAL-PRIZE-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/03/2023 | End submission calls: 29/06/2023

The European Capital of Innovation Awards aim to champion inspiring cases of municipality-enabled innovation flourishing in cities. The Awards are a prestigious recognition for city administrators who are courageous enough to open up their governance practices to experimentation, to boost innovation by all means, to be a role model for other cities, and to push the boundaries of technology for the benefit of their citizens. In addition to the monetary reward, the prize brings high visibility in the form of renewed public interest and increased media coverage.

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MSCA Feedback To Policy 2023

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Code: 27759 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2023-FTP-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/03/2023 | End submission calls: 06/06/2023

One of the objectives of this action is to support ongoing and planned Commission initiatives which focus on exploiting and assessing the impact of Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects results in relation to thematic and cross-cutting priorities, including the EU Missions. It also aims to assess the extent to which MSCA projects achieve two of the core horizontal policy objectives of the programme: the development of researchers’ training, skills and career and the related promotion of intersectoral collaboration.

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Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership’s first joint transnational call (2023): “The way forward: a thriving sustainable blue economy for a brighter future”

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Code: 27635 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 13/02/2023 | End submission calls: 13/09/2023

The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership aims to boost the transformation needed towards a climate-neutral, sustainable, productive, and competitive blue economy by 2030 while creating and supporting the conditions for a sustainable ocean for the people by 2050.

This first co-funded call is entitled “The way forward: a thriving sustainable blue economy for a brighter future”.

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New European Bauhaus for European startups and scaleups

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Code: 27598 | Identifier Code: - | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 24/02/2023 | End submission calls: 13/03/2023

This call promotes the main principles of the New European Bauhaus, sustainability, aesthetics and inclusion, and supports European startups and scaleups in the process of developing innovative solutions with a special emphasis on the aforementioned values.

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The Silver Deal - Person-centred health and care in European regions

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Code: 27321 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-STAYHLTH-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

This topic aims to implement strategies and actions in line with the Green Paper on Ageing, the EU Long-term care report, the ‘Healthier Together’ – EU Non-Communicable Diseases Initiative, the new EU Care Strategy, which strive to address demographic change and enable better health and care for Europe’s growing ageing societies, as well as to harness the potential of the Silver Economy. NCD prevention is highly relevant to reduce the need for long-term care. New tools and integrated care models are needed, reinforcing primary, community- and home-based health and long-term care provision, through better early detection and management of diseases among older people in an increasingly ageing society and overburdened health and care systems.

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EIC Transition Challenge: Environmental Intelligence 

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Code: 27168 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-TRANSITIONCHALLENGES-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 27/09/2023

Proposals submitted to this Challenge should focus on demonstrating novel devices, sensors or technologies that have a clear and quantifiable advantage with respect to one or several of the key issues mentioned above compared with existing alternatives for similar class of problems or applications.

Deadline dates:
12 April 2023
27 September 2023

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EIC Transition Challenge: Chip-scale optical frequency combs

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Code: 27163 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-TRANSITIONCHALLENGES-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 27/09/2023

The overall goal of this Challenge is to advance technological developments of the light states in driven nonlinear systems and to develop novel platforms for chip-scale frequency combs.

Deadline dates:
12 April 2023
27 September 2023

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Transition Open 2023

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Code: 27155 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-TRANSITIONOPEN-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 27/09/2023

The EIC Transition Open has no predefined thematic priorities and is open to proposals in any field of technology or application. For any chosen field, EIC Transition projects should address, in a balanced way, both technology and market/business development, possibly including iterative learning processes based on early customer or user feedback.

Deadline dates:

12 April 2023

27 September 2023

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Onsite digital technologies to monitor nutrients and chemical or biological stressors in soil and plants with relevance for food safety and nutrition

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Code: 27149 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

Onsite digital technologies and applications are emerging in food production and have the potential to detect chemical and biological stressors in soil and plants to help assessing, managing and eventually eliminating potential food safety risks that these stressors may pose. There is a need to improve the development and application of digital tools in primary production and food industries and boost their technological scale-up as a means to address more effectively the soil-food nexus. Moreover, those technologies will help the food industry to track safety and quality of post-harvested food grown in soils.

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Innovations to prevent and combat desertification

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Code: 27147 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

In 2017, 25% of land in Southern, Central and Eastern Europe was estimated to be at high or very high risk of desertification. The risk is likely to have further increased since then, and to continue increasing because of accelerating climate change and continued pressures from land use and land-use change. Desertification leads to loss of biodiversity, of organic carbon and of other land-based ecosystem services, including reduced agricultural and forest productivity. Desertification further amplifies global warming through the release of CO2 and other greenhouse gases linked with the decrease in vegetation cover. Thus, it has severe environmental, social and economic consequences which need to be urgently tackled.

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Back to earth: bringing communities and citizens closer to soil

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Code: 27143 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

The Cultural and Creative sectors (CCIs), artists and civil society organisations can play a significant role in promoting a green transition by engaging people and giving visibility to environmental issues. Working together with soil experts, they can contribute to increasing soil literacy by mobilising the population in the protection and restoration of soil health as well as by tackling soil challenges through creative activities.

With regard to soil health, CCIs, artists and civil society organisations have a major role to play in acting as ambassadors and giving visibility to soil related challenges. They are key for raising awareness, for example on the importance of soil and its functions for society (e.g. documentaries, communication campaigns, podcasts, music, artistic performances, exhibitions, literary arts, etc.), and for inspiring and engaging people to take part in a broader debate and in taking actions, including through innovative methodologies and tools, arts and participatory processes. Arts and other creative forms of engagement have shown to be able to mobilise people that would otherwise not easily connect to more scientific or technical information on soils. Existing examples include initiatives to raise awareness on soils in schools by painting with earth colours or citizen projects on collective composting and urban gardening or the production of documentaries and exhibitions for the general public.

Various and innovative methodologies and tools to increase citizens’ awareness and engagement should be tested in different contexts to reach and involve a large number of people with the overall scope of increasing soil literacy across society.

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Discovering the subsoil

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Code: 27141 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

The term “subsoil” refers to the horizons immediately below the topsoil. The subsoil can have a large impact on soil’s potential for productivity and the supply of ecosystem services. Carbon sequestered in subsoils generally contributes to more than half of the total stocks within a soil profile. In contrast to topsoil, organic matter stored in subsoil horizons is characterised by high mean residence times. Conversely, subsoil degradation (e.g. through compaction, pollution, salinization) may limit root penetration, reduce nutrient uptake and result in plants becoming increasingly susceptible to stress such as from pests and diseases or drought and floods. Reduced water infiltration in subsoils limits plant growth, while increasing surface water runoff and the risk of soil erosion.

Activities under this topic should improve our understanding and knowledge of the links between the subsoil and ecosystem services, and they should promote practices that enhance the health status of subsoils in agriculture, forestry and urban areas, as well as in sites of nature conservation and sensitive landscapes.

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Soil-friendly practices in horticulture, including alternative growing media

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Code: 27138 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

Practices in horticulture can affect soil health and related ecosystem services at different points in the value chain, for example at production sites as well as further upstream. Within horticultural production systems, soils are often subjected to particularly intensive use, which can cause among others soil compaction, soil pollution (e.g. excess nutrients, pesticides or microplastics), and salinization as a consequence of intensive irrigation.
Peat is commonly used in nurseries, greenhouses and amateur horticulture as a growing medium and for soil improvement, as it has an excellent water retention capacity, is highly fertile due to the reduced leaching of nutrients and can improve the soil buffering capacity. The extraction of natural peat, however, is highly contentious as the disturbance of peatlands leads to habitat loss, soil degradation, CO2 emissions and increased flood risks. Therefore, sustainable alternatives to natural peat are required. While various peat-free or peat-reduced growing media have become more widely available in recent years, their performance with regard to environmental and other relevant criteria remains difficult to assess.

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Soils in spatial planning

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Code: 27136 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

Land is a limited resource and needs to be managed carefully to meet the various, sometimes conflicting societal demands on land and soil. Inadequate practices in land management and in land use planning are main drivers of land degradation and result in the loss of important soil functions.
In urban areas for example, soil sealing leads to reduced evaporation and infiltration of water into the soil.
In rural areas, fragmented landscapes lead to a loss of habitats for species and to reduced capacities of soils to perform important functions such as water regulation or carbon storage. At the same time, pressures on rural housing, also call for adequate planning to ensure that soil and land management addresses the manifold needs of rural populations. Spatial planning has a considerable role to play when it comes to steering a more balanced and sustainable use of land and ensuring that net land take is reduced, in particular if applying the principles of a “land take hierarchy“.
Activities under this topic should identify mechanisms and highlight associated benefits that accrue from the increased consideration of soil functions by the spatial planning sector, both in urban and rural environments.

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Carbon farming in living labs

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Code: 27130 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

Carbon farming can be defined as a green business model that rewards land managers for taking up improved land management practices, resulting in the increase of carbon sequestration in living biomass, dead organic matter and soils by enhancing carbon capture and/or reducing the release of carbon to the atmosphere, in respect of ecological principles favourable to biodiversity and the natural capital overall.

Living labs are collaborations between multiple partners that operate and undertake experiments on several sites at regional or sub-regional level. Individual sites could be e.g. farms, forest stands, urban green or industrial areas, enterprises and other entities, where the work is carried-out and monitored under real-life conditions, regardless of the land size, tenure (land ownerships) or the type of economic activity.

Lighthouses are individual, local sites (one farm, one forest exploitation, one industrial site, one urban city green area, etc.) that either can be part of a living lab or be situated outside a living lab.

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Co-creating solutions for soil health in Living Labs

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Code: 27128 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

More research is needed to restore and maintain healthy soils in the EU. There are three components are recognizable within the now well-established living labs research concept, which include (a) co-creation with a large set of stakeholders, (b) carried out in real-life settings and (c) involving the end-users.

Living labs are collaborations between multiple partners that operate and undertake experiments on several sites at regional or sub-regional level. Individual sites could be e.g. farms, forest stands, urban green or industrial areas, enterprises and other entities, where the work is carried-out and monitored under real-life conditions, regardless of the land size, tenure (land ownerships) or the type of economic activity.

Lighthouses are individual, local sites (one farm, one forest exploitation, one industrial site, one urban city green area, etc.) that either can be part of a living lab or be situated outside a living lab.

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Soil pollution processes – modelling and inclusion in advanced digital decision-support tools

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Code: 27125 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

The capacity to carry out a comprehensive scenario analysis at EU level on the impact of key drivers on soil pollution (e.g. societal behaviour, changes in emissions, climate, land management practices) is currently lacking. Soil-oriented fate and transport models exist for certain pollutants (e.g. pesticides, radionuclides, nutrients, metals) but they are generally not integrated with each other, often lack a temporal capacity, and do not always provide a quantification of actual risk to human and environmental health. Models that address the extent, fate, and transport, of emerging contaminants (e.g. microplastics, pharmaceuticals, PFAS) are even scarcer.

Environmental pollution modelling is also often compartmentalized despite a clear understanding that soil can be both a recipient of atmospheric deposition (e.g. nitrogen and sulphur) and a source of atmospheric pollutants and greenhouse gases (e.g. N2O, NH4, CO2, dust, nutrients). While also acting as a buffer to water bodies from pollutants, soils can be at the origin of some of the main problems affecting terrestrial ecosystems, freshwater and marine ecosystems (e.g. nitrification, eutrophication, pesticides, in both water column and sediment) as well as compromise the production of safe food and human health.

There is a clear need to demonstrate that policy measures that affect air quality or industrial emissions can, over time, have a positive impact also on soils and water bodies.

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Atlantic and Arctic sea basin lighthouse – Addressing climate change and human activities threats to marine biodiversity

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Code: 27123 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

Proposals will focus on developing and demonstrating ecosystem-based conservation measures and approaches for reducing cumulative pressure from human activities to address marine biodiversity loss at basin/regional level.
Project results are expected to contribute to the implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and the EU Arctic policy as well as to a basin-scale cooperation in the Atlantic and Arctic, including through transition arrangements that create socially and economically sustainable propositions for local stakeholders.

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Cross-basin topic - Analysis of the obstacles and opportunities for repurposing aged/unused offshore infrastructures

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Code: 27121 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

The increasing number of offshore infrastructures to be decommissioned in the near future in the European seas requires a sound assessment of environmental, social and technical impacts that decommissioning processes carry. Alternatives to decommissioning can be viewed as an opportunity to preserve the marine habitats around these platforms and to convert these infrastructures to other potentially valuable uses with environmental, economic and/or scientific benefits.

Proposals under this topic should focus on analysing options to decommissioning offshore platforms, in light of marine conservation and ecosystem protection, identifying possible business models and assessing related implications for policy/decision making and for public acceptance.

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Cross-basin topic - Innovative nature-inclusive concepts to reconcile offshore renewables with ocean protection

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Code: 27110 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

The EU offshore renewable energy strategy sets ambitious objectives for renewable energy production at sea, namely in relation to the REPowerEU Communication. These objectives are particularly relevant to quickly move away from our dependency on fossil fuels. Deployment of renewable energy solutions needs to be fast and coherent with the EU biodiversity protection and restoration targets. Offshore renewable infrastructures need to be built in such a way that they do not significantly harm the marine environment (e.g.: facilitating the expansion of invasive species) and even, where possible, contribute to restore marine ecosystems. Offshore infrastructures can already have positive impacts on the surrounding biodiversity and act as reefs and refuges for certain species. Nature-inclusive designs might further decrease the negative impacts and enhance desired effects.
Proposals should focus on truly multidisciplinary approaches for the development of nature-inclusive concept design of offshore renewable energy devices.

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Roadmap towards the integration of inland waters into the Digital Twin Ocean

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Code: 27107 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

The Digital Twin ocean will host a digital infrastructure with data services to facilitate data analytics, advanced modelling and high performance computing, development of what if scenarios to assess policies development in a context of resilience to climate change and sustainable development, supporting as well the implementation of local twins addressing specifics requested by stakeholders at all relevant scales from global to local.

The objective of the CSA is to prepare the development of the inland waters part (rivers, lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, snow and ice etc.) of the Mission Knowledge system, and address activities to be developed to make it integrated or interoperable with the Digital Twin Ocean for a unified Digital twin of Ocean and waters (addressing the hydrosphere as a whole) for the Mission and the lighthouses.

Different scales shall be addressed from catchment to global perspective of the water cycle.

The targeted inland water digital twin shall support the implementation of the Mission through its different lighthouses and specially supporting the one dedicated to Danube.

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European Blue Parks – Protection and restoration of marine habitats

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Code: 27104 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

Proposals under this topic will develop and demonstrate protection and restoration solutions to address the degradation of coastal and marine ecosystems. Proposals should significantly improve the management of marine protected areas in particular through definition of clear science-based conservation objectives and implementation of the necessary conservation measures to achieve those objectives. Amongst the conservation measures, proposals should entail implementation of passive restoration actions through e.g.: strict protection, either as a newly designated strictly protected areas or as part of the zoning in the existing marine protected areas. Proposals should address the whole marine ecosystem functioning in the designated area, including the seabed and its role in carbon storage and as fish spawning and nursery area. Proposals may address either specific vulnerable species or habitats that are under strong pressures or that have the most potential to capture and store carbon.

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European natural lakes: demonstration of integrated approaches for protection and restoration of natural lake ecosystems and their biodiversity

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Code: 27101 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

The proposals under this topic should design and demonstrate integrated and replicable approaches to protect and restore natural lake ecosystems and their biodiversity that result in a significantly improved ecological and chemical status and maintain it in the long-term. The integrated approaches should cover physical and biochemical elements and address in an integrated way all main pressures on the lake ecosystem. Proposals should also consider threats and risks associated to climate change and pressures on biodiversity.

The demonstration activities should combine measures and solutions to reduce pressures and stressors, to restore and protect the lake ecosystem and its biodiversity, in particular using effective nature-based and circular-biobased solutions in the lakes, along shorelines and across their catchments to reduce use of chemicals and retain nutrients. The demonstration sites should be located on natural lakes with a surface area exceeding 1 km2.

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Lighthouse in the Baltic and the North Sea basins - Lighthouse in the Baltic and the North Sea basins - Green and energy-efficient small-scale fishing fleets

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Code: 27098 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

Proposals under this topic are expected to identify a set of suitable innovative and sustainable solutions, technologies, practices and processes to be tested, validated and demonstrated in real conditions to reduce emissions and fuel consumption of small-scale fishing vessels (length of less than 12 m), to increase energy efficiency in their range of activities and comply with EU regulatory frameworks. Solutions should consider multi-disciplinary approaches and guarantee full integration in the vessels. The integrated solutions need to be tested at sea to ensure fitness for purpose in harsh marine environment and for all range of fishing-related activities. Innovative solutions such as battery/hybrid systems, wind-propulsion vessels as well as use of sensors, predictive analytics, data, etc. can be considered.
Impact assessment on the marine environment and its biodiversity should also be carried out as well as an analysis of the obstacles, opportunities and recommendations about good practices for reducing fuel consumption and emissions from small-scale fishing vessels and improving energy efficiency in their range of activities.

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Choose your fish: a campaign for responsible consumption of products from the sea

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Code: 27095 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

The selected proposal under this topic should help citizens to make responsible choices in relation to the seasonality of fishes and to fish population decline and, when relevant, to the sustainability of fishing techniques.

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Ocean & water and arts: the contribution of creative sectors to Mission Ocean and waters

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Code: 27093 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

Art and creative sectors can play an important role in the mobilisation of citizens, stakeholders and civil society actors for the protection and restoration of the ocean and inland waters, their biodiversity, aesthetic and cultural heritage. In this context, this action should benefit from close cooperation with the scientific community and the philanthropists.
Mobilisation, cooperation and coordination should be envisaged at interregional/transnational level. Proposals are encouraged to build synergies with relevant activities supported under the Creative Europe programme and with other New European Bauhaus projects, notably those based in coastal and maritime regions.

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Integration of socio-ecological models into the Digital Twin Ocean

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Code: 27090 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

This call aims to support the necessary actions and tool developments to appropriately include the social-ecological component of the European Digital Twin Ocean, including the links and interactions with other parts of the system (data, underlying models, ecosystem models, local twins, etc.), the necessary social-economic data considerations and the development of models and other applications to simulate and predict the social and economic part of marine and coastal systems linked to the environmental/ecological components, enabling the development of normative (what-if scenarios) and decision-support tools.

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Danube river basin lighthouse – Demonstration of effective and sustainable management of sediments in the Danube river-Black sea system

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Code: 27084 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

Sediments, a key component of river ecosystems, provide habitats to many aquatic organisms, regulate the morphology and shape of river basin and provide key ecosystem services. Effective sediment management at a river basin scale requires trans-national, cross-sectoral and multidisciplinary approach. Moreover, sediment management accounts for the different demands on sediments; it considers relevant protection aspects and multiple uses of a river and its floodplain (also diverging use interests, conflicts).

The proposals should focus on the demonstration of sustainable and effective solutions for sediment management at river basin scale, including solutions for restoration of sediment balance and flow in the Danube river-Black sea system and measures to improve sediment quality. The demonstration activities should entail a holistic approach to sediment management, involving all relevant actors at a transnational/national scale and across relevant sectors, such as ICPDR, relevant national authorities, riparian communities as well as concerned economic actors.

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Mission Climate adaptation, Mission Ocean & waters and Mission Soil Deal for Europe – Joint demonstration of an integrated approach to increasing landscape water retention capacity at regional scale

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Code: 27082 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-CLIMA-OCEAN-SOIL-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

This joint topic aims to support at least 75 full-scale deep demonstrations of climate resilience, to the Mission Ocean & Waters’ objective 1, protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity, and objective 2, prevent and eliminate pollution of marine and freshwaters. It also contributes to the objectives of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), as well as to the freshwater objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy 2030 on the re-naturalisation of rivers and the restoration of floodplains.

Landscape water retention capacity is understood as the ability of water bodies, soils and other ecosystems to retain water after it has fallen as precipitation; it is fundamental for the protection of biological diversity as life depends on water. High landscape water retention capacity prevents accelerated surface run-off, increases water content in soils and surface and ground water availability for vegetation, improves the quantity and quality of groundwater and aquifer recharge, reduces soil erosion and nutrient run off into surface water bodies, and improves local micro-climate by reducing local air and biomass temperature. As such, it has the potential to prevent and mitigate impacts of extreme hydrological events such as floods and to act as a buffer against heat extremes.
Projects should demonstrate socio-ecological approaches and nature-based solutions to increase landscape and soil water retention capacity, leading to improvement of quality and quantity of ground and surface waters in the area where they are deployed, and boosting resilience to climate change impacts.

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Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI)’s circular systemic solutions

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Code: 27078 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-02-1-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 26/09/2023

In the context of this topic, a circular systemic solution is defined as demonstration project for deploying a circular and climate-neutral economy at urban and/or regional scale, involving key stakeholders and, ideally, addressing more than one product value chain. Proposals are expected to implement and demonstrate at large scale circular systemic solutions for the deployment of the circular economy (including the circular bioeconomy) in cities and regions or their groupings. They should form part of the implementation of the European Commission’s Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) and they should be carried out in close coordination and cooperation with the CCRI Coordination and Support Office (CCRI-CSO).

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Novel, sustainable and circular bio-based textiles

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Code: 27076 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-02-2-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 26/09/2023

Overall, the call addresses the design, demonstration and scale-up of production of sustainable and circular, bio-based textiles for one or more applications: e.g., technical textiles, garments, industrial textiles, home textiles; including also innovative smart textiles and those providing additional functionalities (e.g., antimicrobial or fire resistance properties). Blended, but only bio-based compositions, are included hereby.

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Non-plant biomass feedstock for industrial applications: technologies and processes to convert non-lignocellulosic biomass and waste into bio-based chemicals, materials and products, improving the cascading valorisation of biomass

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Code: 27070 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-02-3-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 26/09/2023

Circular bioeconomy will rely on the availability of diversified and low/no-ILUC (Indirect Land Use Change) sources of biomass but also on the ability to design, develop and scale-up processes to valorise such feedstock towards high-value, sustainable bio-based products. Non-Lignocellulosic Biomass (NLBM), and related residual non-lignocellulosic biomass’, provide options beyond plant biomass. However, NLBM from aquatic and terrestrial sources, often face challenges to reach economies of scale and biorefining production intensification, driven also by a complex and varying feedstock composition.

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Supporting the fair and just transition from GHG-intensive economies facing challenges towards circular bioeconomy model regions

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Code: 27068 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Projects results are expected to contribute to the outline widespread best practices showing the economic, social and environmental opportunities and the challenges of transforming GHG-intensive economies, such as coal mining, intensive agriculture such as livestock or crop production, forestry, and fisheries, and peat production, towards circular bioeconomy model regions.

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Monitoring the multi-functionality of European forests

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Code: 27065 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

To adequately manage forests and the services they provide, reliable, up-to-date, and coherent European forest information is more important.
This topic addresses the design of a comprehensive forest information system that aligns information on forest state, ecosystem services (including biomass) provision and socio-economic ecosystem services demand.

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One hundred circular model households: making European households sustainable through inclusive circular practices

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Code: 27063 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-01-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The transition from a take-make-waste society to sustainability, resource-efficiency and circularity will have to happen on the ground in the living environment, i.e. at the consumers’ homes, or it will not happen at all. We therefore should reduce the environmental footprint of households, and think about an ambitious GHG reduction target for households that could be tested at large scale via research and innovation funding. Areas to be addressed are e.g., household electronics, textiles, food, packaging and the respective waste, furniture, housing, modes of consumption in general, at the level of individual behavioural decisions.

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Broadening the spectrum of robust enzymes and microbial hosts in industrial biotechnology

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Code: 27061 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-01-5 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The overall scope focuses on widening the range of known robust enzymatic catalysts and industrial microbial hosts, as well as on the potential of scaling up their deployment and thus exploring their potential to offer significant gains in bio-based processes and their flexibility against variable process parameters, namely: resource efficiency, energy efficiency and other process metrics. These efforts will then eventually aim for development of novel, or significantly optimised, sustainable (bio-based) processes and products (e.g. chemicals, materials).

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Novel culturing of aquatic organisms for blue biotechnology applications

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Code: 27059 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The biotechnological exploitation of both pelagic and benthic marine and other aquatic (such as the ones living in fresh waters, transitional waters and ice ecosystems) organisms often requires their cultivation and the optimisation of production yield for the compounds of interest. Aquatic biota, and in particular marine ones (bacteria, algae, fungi or invertebrates such as sponges, corals and molluscs), cannot be easily cultured. The potential environmental footprint and impact on health, sustainability and biodiversity aspects need, nevertheless, to be thoroughly assessed and safety established, through risks analysis linked to possible dissemination of newly developed organisms in nature. Culturing methods should be developed in sealed conditions, such completely in vitro or in aquaria and mesocosms, with particular attention to avoid spread of non-indigenous species in the natural aquatic environment.

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Symbiosis in the bio-based industrial ecosystems

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Code: 27057 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-01-7 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Industrial symbiosis is instrumental for an effective circularity and zero pollution within the industrial ecosystems in the Union, as it is based on the sharing of resources between facilities when wastes or by-products from an industry or industrial process becomes the raw material for another. A well-developed symbiosis across bio-based facilities aims at zero-waste value chains, ensuring more local supply chains, minimizing the use of input material resources, while reducing all the environmental impacts on soil, water, and air quality, biodiversity and climate, of all the processes involved. Industrial bio-based facilities within the scope of this topic include those producing bio-based materials and products (e.g., paints, coatings, inks and dyes, polymers, construction materials, fibres, personal care products, plasticisers, adhesive, lubricants, platform chemicals, solvents, surfactants, etc.).

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Eco-friendly consumer products – low-toxicity/zero pollution construction bio-based materials

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Code: 27054 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-01-8 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Bio-based construction materials offer major opportunities to contribute to the climate-neutral and zero-pollution objectives of the European Green Deal, replacing fossil-based alternatives, and so, reducing the environmental footprint, while offering economic benefits to the actors involved. However, care needs to be taken to ensure sustainability of sourcing and production process, while guaranteeing safety and positive user experience. This calls for high level of innovation and creativity, ensuring full inclusiveness of participation for all actors.

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Business models that balance the share of power and profit in the bioeconomy

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Code: 27050 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-01-9 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The circular use of waste, by-products and residues from agriculture, forestry, and the agri-food industry can lead to the creation of new economic opportunities in rural areas. However, primary producers are often not fully integrated in bio-based value chains, and thus, benefits are not sufficiently distributed among value chain actors.

This topic addresses diverse forms of cooperation among primary producers and suitable business models to create high-value bio-based products in vertically integrated value chains via advanced biorefineries.

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Capturing market trends and societal perceptions for tailor-made forest services

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Code: 27047 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Forests provide invaluable benefits to people and the planet. There is an increasing demand on European forests to provide a high diversity of goods and ecosystem services at the same time. Forest owners should consider possible trade-offs and synergies with regards to the multifunctional role of forests, their interaction with climate change and their role for biodiversity. Therefore, there is a need for balanced and integrative approaches to ensure ecosystem services in the long-term and to provide sufficient resources for a sustainable and circular bioeconomy, while at the same time, contributing to GHG emissions reductions and carbon removals to contribute to 2030 and 2050 EU climate targets.
This topic addresses new opportunities for primary producers to diversify the income by developing new sustainable business models.

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Land-based bioprospecting and production of bioactive compounds and functional materials for multiple bio-based value chains

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Code: 27045 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-01-4 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Global terrestrial biodiversity remains a largely untapped source of natural bioactive molecules and compounds, often combined with interesting potential functional properties of high economic and social value. There are still significant opportunities to improve the biodiscovery process as well as understanding of specific biochemical pathways leading to high-value applications, especially with those with a reduced Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, in various sectors, based on novel biochemicals and functional bio-based materials.
This will increase capacity in the European biotechnology sector and other industries to respond to society’s needs. The challenge is to match sustainable sourcing and processing with efficient and cost-effective use. This calls for close cooperation between industrial and academic partners, with due consideration for health/safety and environmental legislation, and informed public engagement.

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Environmental sustainability and circularity criteria for industrial bio-based systems

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Code: 27043 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-4 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The environmental sustainability and circularity assessment of industrial bio-based systems is instrumental to guarantee and monitor that they are developed in a way they can contribute to the just green transition of the EU economy away from a linear fossil-based system. Such knowledge would have an impact on the programming of R&I support initiatives, to save resources and move faster towards the scaling-up of the most promising bio-based technologies, including focussing on the potential environmental hotspots of the emerging technologies.
The assessment of the environmental sustainability and circularity should benefit to the greatest extent possible from existing methodologies and indicators, which can be adapted if needed.

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Biosensors and user-friendly diagnostic tools for environmental services

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Code: 27041 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-6 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

A successful proposal will contribute to all Destination ‘Zero pollution’ and in particular impacts related to enhancing circular bio-based systems to operate according to planetary boundaries, replacing fossil-based systems and their carbon footprint, mitigating climate change, restoring biodiversity and protecting air, water and soil quality along supply chain of biological feedstock and industrial value chains within the EU and Associated Countries and across borders. Furthermore, it will contribute to substitute harmful chemicals by safer and more sustainable alternatives notably by boosting innovative biotechnology and other sustainable technologies to create zero-pollution bio-based solutions.

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Knowledge and innovative solutions in agriculture for water availability and quality

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Code: 27006 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Water availability and quality is one of the most pressing issues, affecting human health, limiting food production, limiting ecological services, and hindering economic growth.
Agriculture is currently accounting to around one fourth of the total water extraction in the EU, which is leading to tensions and in some cases to conflicts, in particular where illegal abstraction takes place. It is therefore crucial to prepare agriculture to adapt to a new context where water in agriculture is more sustainably and efficiently used, without compromising the water availability for other users or undermining the good status of waterbodies.

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Industrial biotechnology approaches for improved sustainability and output of industrial bio-based processes

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Code: 27004 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-5 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

A successful proposal under this topic will contribute to all Destination ‘’Zero pollution’ and in particular impacts related to enhancing circular bio-based systems to operate according to planetary boundaries, replacing fossil-based systems and their carbon footprint, mitigating climate change, restoring biodiversity and protecting air, water and soil quality along supply chain of biological feedstock and industrial value chains within the EU and Associated Countries and across borders. Furthermore, it will contribute by substituting harmful chemicals by safer, less toxic and generally more sustainable alternatives notably by boosting innovative biotechnology and other related technologies to create zero-pollution bio-based solutions.

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Tackling human and climate change induced pollution in the Arctic - building resilient socio-ecological systems

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Code: 27002 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Main environmental concerns in the Arctic stem from the loss of pristine environment and unique ecosystems. On one hand, ice melting allows for more people and economic activities to enter the area, and on the other hand, transboundary pollution brings into the Arctic contaminants whose sources are thousands of kilometres away.
Arctic economic development is associated with a high risk of air and marine pollution, particularly from oil spills, local mining, Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP), heavy metals, radioactive substances, marine litter and plastics. Pollution from Arctic shipping and tourism relying on heavy diesel fuels induce greater ice melting pack and have negative effects on marine life. Pollutants from local and distant sources are taken up by organisms and incorporated into polar food webs, jeopardizing human and environmental health. Another threat to the Arctic environment is the growing prevalence of marine litter, and specifically plastic pollution.

Proposals should aim at developing innovative approaches to address only one of the following options:
- Area A: Local and transboundary Pollutants in the Arctic – risks and challenges in a One Health approach
- Area B: Pollution and health risks linked to permafrost thaw
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Safe-and-sustainable-by-design bio-based platform chemicals, additives, materials or products as alternatives

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Code: 27000 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-02-2-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 26/09/2023

Projects are expected to contribute to:
- Enable circularity(-by-design) of final products, predominantly in applications where recyclability is currently hindered or very challenging, especially due safety implications;
- In addition to fossil-feedstock substitution, reduce the dependency on or replace harmful substances, in particular in materials and formulations, leading eventually to safe(r) (low human and eco-toxicity) final bio-based products, while meeting overall environmental sustainability requirements;
- Build on a portfolio of promising bio-based solutions showing potential for scaled up production and future market uptake of alternative, safe, circular and sustainable bio-based products.
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Integrated assessment and monitoring of emerging pollutants in the marine environment

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Code: 26998 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The projects are expected to develop and test integrated assessment and effect-based monitoring of impacts of contaminants of emerging concern on marine environment, ecosystems and biodiversity, including testing methods that are aligned with the relevant OECD guidance, and where relevant develop new contaminant thresholds. The projects are expected to adopt an integrated and systemic approach to the assessment of impacts, including not only impacts on marine biota but also the circulation, accumulation, magnification, persistence and degradation of the contaminants of emerging concern in marine environment and ecosystems (including marine sediments and deep-sea ecosystems) and their interaction with the changing marine environment. Projects should contribute to the improvement of understanding of the spatial and temporal distribution patterns of contaminants of emerging concern in marine environment and should close knowledge gaps as regards the characteristics, occurrence and impacts of those contaminants on marine environment and marine biodiversity. The projects should furthermore contribute to the understanding of impacts of contaminants of emerging concern on marine biota and on marine biodiversity and provide basis for the design of effective future measures for the protection of marine biodiversity from the impacts of such contaminants.

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Strategies to prevent and reduce plastic packaging pollution from the food system

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Code: 26996 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-7 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The use of single-use plastics in food packaging has grown significantly in the last decades, leading to increased pollution in the environment and greenhouse gas emissions. While plastic packaging is an enabler for the safety and shelf life of food products, contributing to the reduction of food waste, there is a need for improved solutions that promote the prevention and reduction of excessive packaging in the food industry. Often, the excessive food packaging results in its inappropriate disposal or littering by consumers. This can be reduced through the application of circular models for design and production and the proper disposal and recycling of packaging waste.

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Optimisation of manure use along the management chain to mitigate GHG emissions and minimize nutrients/contaminants dispersion in the environment

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Code: 26994 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-02-1-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 26/09/2023

Reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the livestock farming system is therefore of paramount importance. Furthermore, there is the need to do a comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of mitigation strategies along the entire manure management chain and to take into account different GHGs and the pollution swapping effect, i.e. decreasing the emission of one GHG that can cause the increase of another one or the increase of the emission of the same GHG at one of the other stages of manure management. Another important aspect of manure management is to reduce environmental pollution caused among others by ammonia emissions, excess of nitrogen and phosphorus, by nitrate leakages, and by different components of manure, including potential contaminants, on air and water quality, on soil health, on animal health, welfare and productivity and on human health. Therefore, there is the need to develop further strategies and technologies for livestock farming systems to reduce GHG, ammonia and nitrate emissions from manure through an integrated approach for the management of manure, taking into account all steps: feeding, housing, handling, collection, treatment, storage and application.

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Better understanding of routes of exposure and toxicological and ecological impacts of chemical pollution on terrestrial biodiversity

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Code: 26992 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

This topic aims at better understanding the routes of exposure and toxicological and ecological impacts of chemical pollution (excluding industrial contamination) on terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystems (Area A).
Successful proposals are expected to assess the effects and impact of chemical pollutants, in particular the most dangerous substances from agriculture, on the condition of the biodiversity and ecosystems in natural environment (this may include environmental and host associated microbiomes) and consequently on human health, and identify preventive and mitigation measures. It is important to pay special attention to the fact that the reduction in the population of pollinating insects caused, inter alia, by the excessive use of pesticides in EU agriculture also contributes to reducing the amount of food for birds, reducing the regulation of pests, diseases and invasive alien species. More knowledge is also needed on additional negative impacts from other contaminants of emerging concern, including pharmaceuticals such as hormones and antibiotics, veterinary products and persistent e.g., bio-accumulative substances.

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Integrative forest management for multiple ecosystem services and enhanced biodiversity

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Code: 26986 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

This topic addresses integrative forest management strategies that optimise actively managed forest ecosystems in such a way that the ecological and socio-economic functions are sustainable and economic viable.

The aim is to achieve a better understanding how integrative forest management concepts (e.g. close-to-nature forestry, continuous cover forestry, retention forestry, etc.) are currently applied in Europe, their implications on the environment and biodiversity, society, and forest-based economy as well as to accelerate the implementation of innovative approaches through targeted and evidence-based guidelines and tools.

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Impact of light and noise pollution on biodiversity

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Code: 26984 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Light pollution is the alteration of natural lighting levels due to artificial light at night. Artificial light at night is a powerful environmental stressor which alters the biological rhythms of living organisms (fauna and flora), modifies species assemblages (e.g. fish in ports) and changes ecosystems at large. There is a broad scientific consensus that it poses a threat to biodiversity and this has led to growing concerns in recent years. Light pollution is specifically known to cause habitat fragmentation, impairing physiology and behaviour in fauna. It is notably thought to be a major factor in the gradual disappearance of insect and bird populations worldwide. Its effects seem to intensify with the use of LEDs (Light-Emitting Diodes) including outside cities. Another domain of light pollution is the horizontally polarised light reflection of certain artificial surfaces (e.g. roads and photovoltaic solar panels), posing significant threat to polarotactic insects that get trapped in search for water bodies.

Noise is an environmental factor which is also given growing attention. Expansion of human population, transport networks and extraction have a range of impacts upon species, depending on auditory capacities and noise wavelengths. Underwater noises that are due not only to shipping but also to pile drivers, sonars, seismic testing or windfarms are significant marine pollutants. Noise can be particularly problematic for marine organisms. It has been shown for instance that it may modify behaviour and physiology of invertebrates and it is suspected to increase infection risks and alter spawning behaviour of affected species. Evidence of the impact of noise pollution on ecosystems is also growing, like the reduction of the presence of songbirds in cities.

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Interdisciplinary assessment of changes affecting terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, building on observation programmes

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Code: 26981 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Project under this topic, are expected to contribute to the attribution of ecosystem changes to direct and indirect drivers, and monitoring of driver effects on ecosystems through time. Projects will also enhance the understanding of the adverse impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, as well as the science base, leading to better design and monitoring conservation and restoration actions for terrestrial, freshwater, and transitional ecosystems, including the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and increase of carbon removals, and supporting nature-based solutions.

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Build up of knowledge on Nature Positive Economy and supporting its scale-up

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Code: 26979 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Nature-based solutions (NBS) can play a particularly key role in leveraging of the economic and societal potential of nature with the development of existing and new market sectors with ‘nature-based enterprises’ (NBEs) at the core.
However, nature-positive economy where such NBEs can thrive is still at its infancy and enabling framework conditions are required to improve market conditions and to unlock investment. The market is encountering many specific difficulties due to market fragmentation, early stage of development and difficulty in assembling the required knowledge, skillset, and governance structures for supplying and maintaining “living solutions” such as nature-based solutions. There is a need at the same time to increase manyfold the investment in NBS.

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Biodiversity friendly practices in agriculture – breeding for Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

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Code: 26976 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Plant breeders need to consider more systematically characteristics that respond to these demands and contribute to crop resilience and adaptation, particularly to increasing biotic and abiotic stresses, in particular in the context of climate change.
Breeding for integrated pest management (IPM) aims to boost the development of plant varieties with tolerance of or resistance to relevant pest(s) and diseases, adapted to local environmental and pedo-climatic conditions, and diversification approaches with the goal of reducing reliance on chemical pesticides.

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Valorisation of ecosystem services provided by legume crops

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Code: 26974 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Τhere is an imperative need to reveal the full potential of diversification of cropping systems, with the aim of improving productivity, and supporting the development of resource-efficient and sustainable value chains. Protein-rich plants, and in particular legumes, play a key role in cross-cutting issues related to crop rotation, sustainable soil management and closing nutrient cycles.
The direct benefits of legume crops as food and feed are usually recognized, their environmental and economic benefits derived from the increase of the provision of the ecosystem services they provide, are less understood and not valorised. The focus of this proposal is on the economic and environmental benefits of the production of legume crops, regardless their cultivation purpose is for food or for feed uses.

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Interlinkages between biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystems and the emergence of zoonotic diseases

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Code: 26972 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

This topic aims to identify and understand better the interlinkages between biodiversity loss with the linked ecosystem degradation and the emergence of zoonotic diseases. Further research is needed to better understand how the different drivers that lead to biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, and how the protection of biodiversity and the restoration of ecosystems may influence the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases. Also better understanding is needed on how the conservation of animal and microbiome genetic resources may influence the emergence of zoonotic diseases.

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Understanding and reducing bycatch of protected species

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Code: 26970 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-5 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Proposals under this topic are expected to contribute to the elimination or significant reduction of bycatch is achieved for marine mammals (e.g., up to 8500 dolphins killed each year in the Bay of Biscay), sea turtles (currently ~70 000 killed each year in EU waters) and seabirds (currently ~200 000 killed each year in EU waters) and sensitive or endangered fish species (e.g. elasmobranchs and sturgeons). Also, thea are aiming to impact bycatches (rate of interactions, fate of individuals post-release, by gear and by fishery, impact on population abundance and sustainability) on the conservation status of species are assessed and understood.

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Demonstration of marine and coastal infrastructures as hybrid blue-grey Nature-based Solutions

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Code: 26968 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-7 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Climate policies trigger the development of several-large scale infrastructures in the marine and coastal environment. Climate adaptation and impacts reduction strategies imply the increase of an already important development of coastal and urban protection from erosion, sea level rise and extreme events. Global trade is supported by enlarging or building new ports. They may cause trade-offs against endemic biodiversity and alter on-going natural eco-evolutionary responses. They may cause trade-offs against endemic biodiversity and ecology, but they could protect, restore or harbour functional ecosystems (even if mostly novel) providing critical functions and services opportunities to biodiversity by mimicking and integrating natural processes and features in their design.

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Biodiversity, economics and finance: unlocking financial flows towards reversing of biodiversity loss

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Code: 26966 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-9 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Τhe successful proposal will help unlock financial flows needed for reversing biodiversity loss and help better implement the sustainable finance taxonomy, thus contributing to mainstream biodiversity, ecosystem services and natural capital in the society and economy and to build approaches for enabling transformative changes to face societal challenges, including through the deployment of nature-based solutions (NBS).
The EU sustainable finance taxonomy and other similar initiatives are underway with the aim to help guide investments towards more sustainable outcomes, in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal.

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Crop wild relatives for sustainable agriculture

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Code: 26964 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) – is referred to as the wild cousins of cultivated crops – are a key asset for agrobiodiversity, sustainable agriculture and food security overall. CRWs contain genes for a multitude of useful traits such as tolerance to pest and diseases, resource efficiency and adaptability to more extreme weather conditions or nutritional quality. Their inherent genetic diversity together with the associated diversity of microbiota is a vast resource for developing more productive, nutritious and resilient crop varieties and for diversifying farming systems.
Despite their value, a wide range of CWRs are threatened and face pressures, e.g., from intensive agriculture, urbanisation, pollution and the effects of climate change. As a consequence, knowledge is lacking about the diversity that exists and precisely how that diversity may be used for crop improvement and in farming. More systematic efforts are needed to improve the conservation of CWR in –situ and ex-situ and increase their use in plant breeding and farming.

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Biodiversity loss and enhancing ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban areas

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Code: 26961 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

There is a lack of knowledge and know-how on:
- how to assess ecosystem condition and services in urban and peri-urban areas, and their contribution to the challenges of the cities,
- how to best plan and prioritise the protection, renaturing, and reconnecting of the NBS and green and blue infrastructure so as to optimise the ecosystem services and address the policy priorities of the city while ‘leaving no one behind’ as stressed by the European Green deal (e.g., promote urban and regional resilience, while addressing spatial justice to avoid increased inequality),
- how to combine, connect and manage different re-naturing actions and interventions and the scales of these actions- from an individual intervention to an urban and functional urban area in order to minimise the trade-offs and disservices and optimise the benefits in a cost effective and efficient manner.
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Additional activities for the European Biodiversity Partnership: Biodiversa+

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Code: 26959 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-18 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The objective of this action is to continue to provide support to the European Partnership Biodiversa+ identified in the Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2021-2024.
The scope of the application for this call on the European partnership for Biodiversity Biodiversa+ should focus on the flagship programmes 2023-27 according to the partnership’s co-created strategic research and innovation agenda for seven years, which includes calls for research projects, biodiversity- and ecosystems monitoring and science-based policy advisory activities, and all horizontal activities to allow the Partnership to operate and to achieve its five specific objectives.

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Reinforcing science policy support with IPBES and IPCC for better interconnected biodiversity and climate policies

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Code: 26956 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The European Union must take and demonstrate leadership in this field, notably by increasing its support to the EU and global biodiversity knowledge centres and to IPBES – and to elevate it to the same level as the IPCC.
Besides economic support, this also includes networking efforts to reinforce synergies and cooperation of the work of EU services, scientists and practitioners with CBD, IPBES, regional Multilateral Environmental Agreements, UN organisations and programmes, and other relevant research communities to underpin the implementation, monitoring and review of the post 2020 global biodiversity framework.
This action delivers targeted support to areas of specific interest for European research policy by using as well as contributing to IPBES outputs. It also helps European scientists, in particular those from southern, central and eastern EU countries, and those from the Western Balkans, Central Asia, and from Africa, who remain underrepresented, due to a lack of capacity to participate in meetings, networking or science input at global level, to play their role by contributing to EU and global regular assessments (EU ecosystem assessment, IPBES global assessments, Gap and Stocktake Reports, global biodiversity outlook). Major functions of IPBES still need to be further developed to achieve a proper level of uptake in Europe: knowledge generation, policy support and capacity building functions, including the task forces.

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Nature protection: Better methods and knowledge to improve the conservation status of EU-protected species and habitats

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Code: 26954 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-4 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Project under this topic, results will contribute to the following impact of destination “biodiversity and ecosystem services”: “to plan, manage and expand terrestrial and marine protected areas and improve the conservation status of species and habitats, based on up-to-date knowledge and solutions”. More specifically, project results will improve the setting of conservation objectives and measures for EU-protected habitats and species, thereby also ensuring that the network of Natura 2000 sites enable the maintenance or restoration of favourable conservation status.

Proposals should address Area A or Area B. Τhe Area should be clearly indicated on the application.

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Restoration of deep-sea habitats

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Code: 26952 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-6 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Effects of passive restoration (protection measures) may take multiple decades before benefits may be felt. This is even more the case for deep-sea ecosystems. They have low energy density, slower biochemical processes and assemble species with long life cycle / span. Active restoration should be explored to help accelerate the restoration.
The restoration focus should not be only on species traits targets (population, assemblage, genetic diversity, sex determination, etc.), but also on ecosystem functions including adaptation potential.

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Addressing biodiversity decline and promoting Nature-based Solutions in higher education

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Code: 26946 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-8 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

This topic aims to contribute to education, skills development and awareness raising about biodiversity loss, and how this can be addressed, notably with Nature-based Solutions (NBS), in the higher education sector. This is fundamental to further implement and upscale NBS and to mainstreaming biodiversity, ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration, climate resilience and pollution reduction, and natural capital in the society and economy.

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Ocean and coastal waters carbon- and biodiversity-rich ecosystems and habitats in Europe and the Polar Regions

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Code: 26944 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CLIMATE-01-3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Actions should aim at developing innovative approaches to address only one of the following options:

Option A: European and polar blue carbon hotspots and priority areas for climate policy frameworks and effective management – The research actions should map European and polar blue carbon hotspots and priority areas for carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation potential, including an estimate of the area/extent of the habitats. In doing so, the successful proposal should rely on the synergistic use of Earth Observation data (in-situ, airborne, satellite) and models to monitor, evaluate and quantify both carbon fluxes and carbon stocks and stock changes in ocean and coastal reservoirs, to evaluate current trends and improve modelling skills and predictions, including using space and in-situ existing datasets and climate records that can be used as proxy (e.g., Copernicus, EMODnet).

Option B: Uncover mitigation opportunities of newly emerging European and polar blue carbon habitats – The research action should conduct exploratory research into potentially new habitats emerging that could yield both mitigation and biodiversity benefits, if appropriately managed. Among the emerging habitats that should be tested in terms of their emerging role in carbon storage and sequestration, with the aim of understanding of carbon sink balances and climate change–feedback variability and reduce uncertainty in model projections, are: blue carbon change with sea ice losses; blue carbon gains from glacier retreat along fjords (fjordic blue carbon, i.e. seabed biological carbon gains as a result of recent rapid glacier retreat along fjords).

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Pilot network of climate-positive organic farms

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Code: 26942 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CLIMATE-01-5 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The conservation and enhancement of Earth’s natural terrestrial carbon sinks such as soils and plants, forests, farmed lands and wetlands is crucial. The European Green Deal gives research and innovation (R&I) a significant role to play in supporting the design and implementation of policies that will ensure the achievement of the EU’s climate objectives. Organic farming relies on management practices that contribute to climate change mitigation, with additional benefits for the environment and biodiversity.

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Additional activities for the European Partnership Water Security for the Planet (Water4All)

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Code: 26939 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CLIMATE-01-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The objective of this action is to continue to provide support to the European Partnership Water4All identified in the Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2021-2024 and first implemented under the topic HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01-02: European Partnership Water Security for the Planet, and in particular to fund additional activities (which may also be undertaken by additional partners).

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Pragmatic clinical trials on minimally invasive diagnostics

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Code: 26909 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-CANCER-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

While cancer research and innovation have generated novel treatment options, cancer patients across Europe need access to minimally-invasive, patient-centred diagnostic interventions which keep up with increasing demand in a complex and fragmented oncology healthcare landscape with increasing healthcare costs.
Pragmatic clinical trials focus on choosing between care options. Pragmatic trials evaluate effectiveness, the effect of diagnostics in routine (real-world) clinical practice.

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Maintaining access to regular health and care services in case of cross-border emergencies

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Code: 26907 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-CARE-04-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

It is timely to take stock and identify lessons for maintaining care delivery. The goal is to be better prepared for the multiple challenges faced by health and care systems during emergencies, and ensure that necessary access to regular health and care services can be maintained.

It is important to have the right tools for maintaining access to regular health and care services, while also accommodating the more urgent needs of migrants, for example.

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Pandemic preparedness and response: Sustaining established coordination mechanisms for European adaptive platform trials and/or for cohort networks

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Code: 26905 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

This topic aims at maintaining and strengthening existing strategic coordination mechanisms across adaptive platform trials and across cohort studies in Europe and beyond for avoiding redundancies, promoting complementarities and facilitating cooperation among EU-funded clinical research for infectious diseases. Proposals should strengthen the leading role of the EU in clinical research preparedness for future epidemics and pandemics, through ensuring coordination of the European adaptive platform trials and of the European cohort studies. The coordination mechanisms support the longer-term perspective of preparedness for future infectious disease epidemics and pandemics, where the networks enable the conduct of perpetual platform trials and of perpetual strategic cohorts with the in-built agility to pivot to emerging diseases when an epidemic strikes.

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Novel approaches for palliative and end-of-life care for non-cancer patients

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Code: 26903 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

The complexity of health conditions related to life-threatening and chronic diseases, acute and chronic pain, late or long-term side effects as consequences of diseases and also their treatments affect quality of life of patients and their families and pose an immense societal and economic burden. Palliative and end-of-life care approaches improve quality of life of patients and professional and family caregivers through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification, assessment and treatment of pain and other factors such as physical, psychosocial and spiritual problems. Therefore, a need exists to strengthen the evidence base for available patient-centred effective interventions improving quality of life and outcomes of patients of all ages in the domains of palliative and end-of-life care.

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Resilience and mental wellbeing of the health and care workforce

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Code: 26899 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-CARE-04-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

A resilient workforce in the health and care sectors is essential for the sustainability and prosperity of our societies. This adds to the struggle of health and care systems to attract new people to their workforce, but also to maintain the ones already working. A combination of factors such as changes in work organisation, budgetary and administrative pressures faced by health and care systems, systemic shortages of health professionals, precarious working conditions, structural inequalities and leaps in technological innovation may leave health and care workers with feelings of helplessness, physical or mental vulnerability or moral injury.
Technological innovations (including digitisation, big data and artificial intelligence applications) provide opportunities for a more efficient provision of health and care services, and for lightening the workload of health and care workers.

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Interventions in city environments to reduce risk of non-communicable disease (Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases - GACD)

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Code: 26897 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

The topic is focused on implementation research with the potential to reduce the risks of NCDs in cities in LMICs and/or vulnerable populations in HICs. Proposals should focus on implementation science around evidence-based interventions that promote healthy behaviours, and that have the potential to profoundly reduce the risk of chronic diseases and multi-morbidity. The proposed implementation research must be focus on addressing NCD risk factors associated with city environments and related health inequities. In all cases, the selected study population(s) must live in cities, which may include informal settlements near urban centres, peri-urban environments, and city centres.

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Pandemic preparedness and response: Understanding vaccine induced-immunity

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Code: 26895 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

Vaccines are a critical component needed to bring infectious disease pandemics under control. The availability of effective vaccines that are able to induce a strong and durable immune response are critical to respond to health threats caused by infectious disease epidemics or pandemics. A proactive approach to understanding the factors that affect vaccine durability and strength is necessary to ensure development of effective vaccines for future infectious disease outbreaks.

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European Partnership on Rare Diseases

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Code: 26893 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-07-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 19/09/2023

The partnership should contribute to achieving the objectives of the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe, in terms of fulfilling unmet medical needs (e.g. for rare diseases with so called “orphan medicinal products”) and ensuring that the benefits of innovation reach patients in the EU.
The co-funded European Partnership on rare diseases should be implemented based on the priorities identified in the SRIA and through a joint programme of activities ranging from coordinating and funding transnational research to highly integrative and community-driven ‘in-house’ activities such as innovation strategies for the efficient exploitation of research results, EU clinical trial preparedness activities, optimisation of research infrastructures and resources, including networking, training and dissemination activities.

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Health impacts of endocrine-disrupting chemicals: bridging science-policy gaps by addressing persistent scientific uncertainties

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Code: 26891 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-ENVHLTH-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are of increasing importance in chemical regulations in the European Union. This approach would aim at, inter alia, minimising overall exposure of humans and the environment to endocrine disruptors, paying particular attention to exposures during important periods of development of an organism, such as foetal development and puberty, possibly integrating a life course approach, as well as accelerating the development of a thorough research basis for effective and forward-looking decision-making. This includes research for the further management of chemicals (including multi-constituent chemicals as well as chemical mixtures), the understanding of the mechanistic effects of endocrine disruptors and their dose-response relationships (including at the molecular and cellular level through the use of new approach methodologies, such as ‘multiomics’, cheminformatics, in vitro 2D and 3D models, in vivo models and computational approaches), and the collection, sharing, harmonisation and combination of robust data sources.

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Development and harmonisation of methodologies for assessing digital health technologies in Europe

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Code: 26889 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-IND-06-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

The proposals under this topic are expected to develop and harmonise methodologies for assessing digital health technologies (including mhealth apps and telehealth, as well as Artificial Intelligence powered health technologies) in order to facilitate assessment of their added value at individual, health system and society levels and facilitate the cross-border deployment of digital health services within the EU. Existing Health Technology Assessment (HTA) methodology is well developed for health technologies such as medicinal products, but also for some categories of medical devices; however digitalisation raises new methodological challenges to the standardisation of assessment criteria such as privacy, cybersecurity, data storage and handling, interoperability, usability etc. Also including aspects like learning curves, iterative development of innovations, variability between settings, determining optimal timing of evaluations in the development process (maturity) are not yet solved.

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Towards structuring brain health research in Europe

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Code: 26884 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

Member States and Associated Countries have agreed to step up their coordination in the area of brain research, which could take the form of a European partnership on Brain Health in the second Strategic Plan of Horizon Europe.

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Evidence-based interventions for promotion of mental and physical health in changing working environments (post-pandemic workplaces)

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Code: 26882 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-ENVHLTH-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

Mental health and ergonomic-related problems affect a significant number of EU workers. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are one of the most common work-related health problems in the EU and workers and managers commonly identify stress, depression and anxiety as serious psychosocial outcomes of workplace exposures. Changes in the organisation of work can bring flexibility that allows more people to enter the labour force, but may also lead to psychosocial problems.
Some workplaces have either become exclusively virtual or they have evolved into a ‘hybrid’ model (e.g. multilocational working, home office), some work tasks and processes performed virtually and others requiring physical presence. A significant number of jobs are performed at clients’ premises or require workers to commute long distances and/or cross borders regularly. Data on how these affect their mental/physical health and well-being is scarce.

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Clinical trials of combined Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs)

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Code: 26879 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

The subjects of this topic are combined ATMPs (Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products). Such combined ATMPs are composed of an ATMP and one or more medical devices or one or more active implantable medical devices, and their cellular or tissue part must either contain viable cells or tissues, or non-viable cells or tissues liable for exerting the primary action on the human body.
Research should focus on advanced stages of clinical development with regulatory work on the Medical Device part completed and safety studies of the combination product in an advanced stage.

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Better integration and use of health-related real-world and research data, including genomics, for improved clinical outcomes

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Code: 26872 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

This topic aims to support proposals focusing on the integration of health data from multiple sources (e.g. electronic health records, genomics, medical imaging, laboratory and diagnostic results, pathogen data, public health registries and other clinical research data) by linking real-world and clinical research data. The data integration should be exemplified in several use-cases, i.e. well-justified groups of diseases (excluding cancer), within and/or across medical domains, and pave the way towards improved health outcomes. At least one of those use cases should build on the use of whole genome sequence data.

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Harnessing the potential of real-time data analysis and secure Point-of-Care computing for the benefit of person-centred health and care delivery

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Code: 26866 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

The proposals under this topic are expected to develop and test innovative tools, devices and systems for point-of-care applications, including but not limited to robotics, photonics, bio-sensing, artificial intelligence etc. The proposals should demonstrate advancement and integration of technologies from proof-of-concept to prototype demonstration in operational environment. Devices and systems should be designed, developed and tested vis-à-vis defined use cases, based on the appropriate involvement of clinicians and other stakeholders, ensuring they can be seamlessly integrated into existing digital infrastructures and clinical workflows. The use cases in care settings could include but are not limited to surgery workflows, Intensive Care Unit workflows and integration of remote patient monitoring into clinical workflows. Data quality, integration and interoperability, as well as issues of cybersecurity and data protection have to be addressed. Clinical studies should be an integral part of the work proposed, with developmental iteration steps and consultation of regulators included as appropriate. Establishing synergies with AI Testing and Experimentation Facilities, European Digital Innovation Hubs and other similar initiatives is encouraged. Proposals must include a short description of initial business plan as part of the exploitation activities.

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Developing a Data Quality and Utility Label for the European Health Data Space

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Code: 26864 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

The European Health Data Space (EHDS) will provide a common EU framework for secondary use of health data such as research, innovation, regulatory purposes, policymaking and personalised medicine. It will enable data users to have access to large amounts of health data through health data access bodies empowered with the EHDS legal provisions to overcome existing limitations regarding the processing of health data for secondary uses. To support data users in the discovery and selection of datasets for their purposes, there is a growing need to develop a data quality and utility framework to articulate the characteristics and the potential usefulness of datasets. This framework will also support data holders in identifying and addressing areas of improvement which can, in turn, allow for wider and better use of these datasets. The proposed framework should take into account the various needs of data users whilst at the same time avoid becoming an excessive burden on data holders which will need to produce the data quality and utility label.

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Environmentally sustainable and climate neutral health and care systems

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Code: 26862 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-CARE-04-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

Health and care systems are undergoing structural changes, for example by strengthening primary care and community-based care, strengthening digitalisation and making sure patients are treated or cared for at the most efficient level. This offers the possibility to connect structural changes with an environmental transformation.
Research and innovation activities under this topic should be specific to health and care sectors. They should include cost studies when relevant (environmental impacts and benefits to be quantified through the life cycle thinking approach (e.g. LCA/SLCA), to be effectively implemented in line with the European Green Deal and the Zero Pollution Action Plan) and piloting research results onsite in hospitals or other care settings while generating accessible knowledge could be included.

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European Partnership on Personalised Medicine

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Code: 26860 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-CARE-08-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

The partnership should facilitate exchange of information and good practices among countries, provide robust guidance and tools, will network institutional stakeholders and involve regional ecosystems. It should stimulate service, policy and organisational innovations, as well as the integration of biomedical and technological innovations for the benefit of the European citizens and the European industry. The partnership should bring together a broad range of actors with a common vision of future personalised medicine. Through the objectives of Horizon Europe, the partnership should contribute to achieving the following European Commission priorities:
- Promoting our European way of life
- An economy that works for people
- A Europe fit for the digital age
- A European green deal
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Pandemic preparedness and response: Broad spectrum anti-viral therapeutics for infectious diseases with epidemic potential

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Code: 26858 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

Proposals under this topic should cover viruses for which there are no currently available effective therapeutics or for which the therapeutics available are sub-optimal, and are expected to incorporate state-of-the-art screening technology and innovative approaches to identify new targets for antiviral compound development. Emphasis should be put on the research and development of broad-spectrum antivirals, which may include repurposing of previously approved or in-pipeline drugs. Proposals could also include elucidation of mode-of-action for candidate anti-viral therapeutics.
Proposals should aim to diversify and accelerate the global therapeutic research and development pipeline for emerging and re-emerging viral infections, and to strengthen the current leading role of the EU in therapeutic research and development.

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Pandemic preparedness and response: Immunogenicity of viral proteins of viruses with epidemic and pandemic potential

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Code: 26856 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-18 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

Proposals under this topic should identify targets for optimal vaccine design for those pathogens where information on host-pathogen interaction and viral surface structures is already available. It is necessary to determine the extent of genetic variation with a view to develop vaccines with variant efficacy. In addition, it is necessary to develop animal and alternative models for the testing of vaccine candidates and for the kinetics, strength, breadth and persistence of the immune response. Proposals should focus on the following viruses: Hendra and Nipah Virus, Lassa virus, Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, Rift Valley fever virus, Ebola and Marburg virus, Dengue virus, Yellow Fever virus, Zika virus, West Nile fever virus and Chikungunya virus.

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Planetary health: understanding the links between environmental degradation and health impacts

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Code: 26854 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-ENVHLTH-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

Planetary health is a concept focused on the interdependencies between human health and the state of earth’s complex natural systems. A key focus is on understanding how the current trend of human-related environmental degradation can affect the health and well-being of current and future generations.
Applicants under this topic are invited to submit proposals providing actionable evidence for policymakers to take preventive actions to protect the human health and wellbeing by exploring the links between human health and environmental degradation in an integrated and comprehensive manner.

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Expanding the European Electronic Health Record exchange Format to improve interoperability within the European Health Data Space

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Code: 26852 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-IND-06-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

Electronic Health Record (EHR) interoperability has yet to become a reality in a number of use cases and health information domains. It is a complex, multi-dimensional challenge. EHRs across the Member States are diverse; so are languages, cultures, and practices in the health sector. Different technical specifications, technologies and clinical terminologies are used, involving a range of stakeholders, within and across care settings.

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The Silver Deal - Person-centred health and care in European regions

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Code: 26847 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-STAYHLTH-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

This topic aims to implement strategies and actions in line with the Green Paper on Ageing, the EU Long-term care report, the ‘Healthier Together’ – EU Non-Communicable Diseases Initiative, the new EU Care Strategy, which strive to address demographic change and enable better health and care for Europe’s growing ageing societies, as well as to harness the potential of the Silver Economy. NCD prevention is highly relevant to reduce the need for long-term care. New tools and integrated care models are needed, reinforcing primary, community- and home-based health and long-term care provision, through better early detection and management of diseases among older people in an increasingly ageing society and overburdened health and care systems.

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Mapping the hurdles for the clinical applications of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs)

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Code: 26845 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-IND-06-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

New pioneering treatments called Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs), including cell and gene therapies, have the potential to bring new cures to patients affected by diseases with limited or no available treatments. However, several hurdles impede or slow down the access of ATMPs to patients in the EU and Associated Countries. These include e.g. regulatory challenges, underlying scientific uncertainties, differences in assessing the values of ATMPs by the various Health Technology Agencies (HTA), difficulties to perform randomised-controlled clinical trials or to obtain long-term safety and effectiveness data, the lack of harmonised approaches to the reimbursement of the high upfront costs by health systems, manufacturing processes, etc.

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Integrated, multi-scale computational models of patient patho-physiology (‘virtual twins’) for personalised disease management

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Code: 26842 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

This topic will contribute to the consolidation of existing virtual twin models and support research to move towards a more integrated human virtual twin, with the aim to accelerate translational research towards cost-effective development of new health technologies. Furthermore, ‘virtual twin’ patient models hold the potential of transforming clinical processes and healthcare with longitudinal monitoring, making personalised medicine, disease prevention and individualised patient management a reality.

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Supporting the uptake of innovative Health Technology Assessment (HTA) methodology and advancing HTA expertise across EU

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Code: 26839 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-IND-06-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

HTA bodies have the responsibility to assess the added value of new health technologies and advise on its reimbursement and use within a healthcare system. Due to the rapid pace at which technology advance and in order to support decision making in an appropriate manner, HTA experts have to adapt/revise regularly their methodology. Whilst EU-funded projects in the field of HTA have addressed some of the research needs of the HTA bodies (e.g. methods of analysis, use of real-world data, use of patient reported outcomes), translation of their results/recommendations into HTA work remains limited.
Τhis action could represent an excellent opportunity for both those generating and those using the evidence to come together and discuss the key HTA methodological issues.
Τhe Coordination Group on HTA will have to adopt methodological guidelines for joint HTA work (e.g. joint clinical assessments, joint scientific consultation).

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Relationship between infections and non-communicable diseases

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Code: 26836 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-DISEASE-03-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

Proposals under this topic are expected to elucidate and provide a better understanding of causative links between infections and non-communicable diseases onsets, and/or the impact of infections on the exacerbation of existing NCDs or vice versa, in children and/or adults. The analysis of genetics, immune status, immune or inflammatory responses, microbiome, lifestyle and/or other relevant factors (e.g. differences in age, sex/gender, vaccination status, ethnicity) should be integrated to get information for prevention, early diagnosis, risk factors, and to better understand causative links as well as the progression of those non-communicable diseases.

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Global coordination of exposome research

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Code: 26834 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-ENVHLTH-02-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

The concept of the exposome refers to the totality of environmental exposures from conception onwards, including its external (e.g. diet, lifestyle, occupational and environmental factors) and internal components (e.g. epigenomics, metabolomics).Developing a comprehensive Human Exposome Project would present a fundamental shift in looking at health, by moving research away from ‘one exposure, one disease’ understanding to a more complex picture upon which to build solid, cost-effective preventive actions and policies.
The network of projects aims to study the combination of exposures to pollutants and other stressors, across different life stages and socio-economic conditions, via a number of exposure vehicles such as consumption patterns, lifestyle and working and living environment, and their collective effect on human health.

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Modelling and simulation to address regulatory needs in the development of orphan and paediatric medicines

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Code: 26832 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-IND-06-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

The topic will support research and innovation activities focusing on the development of diverse modelling and simulation methods, as tools for addressing some of the regulatory needs in the clinical development cycle of new orphan and paediatric medicinal products. The topic is not intended to implement new preclinical/clinical studies but to use the existing knowledge/data for assessing and optimising the performance of mature in-silico models in the regulatory context with the goal of improving the clinical trial designs for small populations. Availability of the relevant data to address the requirements of the topic is an indispensable condition that must be demonstrated at the proposal submission.
SME(s) participation is encouraged with the aim to strengthen their scientific and technological basis.

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Addressing poorly-understood tumour-host interactions to enhance immune system-centred treatment and care interventions in childhood, adolescent, adult and elderly cancer patients.

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Code: 26830 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-CANCER-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

This topic will contribute to the achievement of the Mission’s objective to better understand cancer by studying tumour-host interactions underpinning the development and progression of cancer, including in advanced localised or metastatic disease. The focus should be on poorly-understood cancers and their subtypes in children, adolescents, adults and the elderly.

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Enhance primary cancer prevention through sustainable behavioural change

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Code: 26828 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-CANCER-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The Mission on Cancer and Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan aim to exploit the potential of primary cancer prevention by addressing key risk factors and health determinants.
Achieving sustainable behavioural change can play a major role in enhancing the impact of health promotion and preventive measures.
The uptake of policymakers across the EU to effectively change behaviour needs to be enhanced. It is also required a systemic approach involving all the main actors at different levels who can facilitate sustainable behavioural change including public authorities, policymakers, health care providers, employers, educational institutions, industry, non-governmental consumer and patient organisations, citizens and media. Also, investments are needed to establish, scale-up or improve health promotion and cancer prevention programmes through increased awareness among citizens about cancer risk factors and related behavioural change, with a focus on hard-to-reach and vulnerable groups of the population.

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Pandemic preparedness and response: In vitro diagnostic devices to tackle cross-border health threats

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Code: 26822 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 13/04/2023

Proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that are directed, tailored towards and contributing to all of the following expected outcomes:
- The scientific and clinical communities, including health care providers and payers, as well as regulators, health systems and patients benefit from innovative diagnostic solutions that are better suited to tackle cross-border health threats.
- The scientific and clinical communities have access to novel and improved methodologies for detection of pathogens with pandemic potential in humans and for timely discovery of other health threats, such as chemical, radiological and nuclear threats, including considerations on detection in animals and environmental conditions.
- A diverse and robust pipeline of in vitro diagnostics is available, increasing options for clinical deployment in case of an epidemic or pandemic.
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Establish best practices and tools to improve the quality of life for childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families in European regions

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Code: 26810 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-CANCER-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/01/2023 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Best practices and tools to improve the quality of life for survivors of childhood cancer exist at national, regional and local level. These practices and tools should be scaled up or deployed in regions in at least three different Member States or Associated Countries in order to serve as demonstrators for wider uptake.
Proposals under this topic should aim to deliver results that should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families benefit from enhanced quality of life through better supportive care, personalised counselling approaches, and digital tools that are accessible and affordable. Consequently, they can better achieve their values and personal life goals.
- Health care professionals, supportive workers and councillors enhance the quality of life for childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families.
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Mission Ocean and Waters and Mission A Soil Deal for Europe – Joint demonstration of approaches and solutions to address nutrient pollution in the landscape-river-sea system in the Mediterranean sea basin

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Code: 26688 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-SOIL-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

Soils are essential for all life-sustaining processes in our planet. If they are healthy and managed sustainably, they provide many benefits to people, nature and climate. However, 60-70% of soils in Europe are in an unhealthy condition. The presence of nutrients in soil at concentrations higher than plant requirements not only reduces their capacity for providing their vital ecosystem services, but the nutrient runoff contaminates groundwater, streams, rivers, wetlands, lakes and seas, and increases the risk of water and ocean eutrophication. Addressing nutrient pollution is crucial to achieve the objectives of the Water Framework Directive, in particular in relation to nutrient losses in agriculture.

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Closing the research gaps on Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) in support of global assessments

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Code: 26681 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CLIMATE-01-8 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Actions should aim at developing innovative approaches to address only one following options:

Option A: Improving the monitoring, understanding, reporting (Essential Variables) and projections of essential physical oceanic processes related to climate and changes over time, and production of related Essential Ocean Variables and indicators, at regional or sea basin scale (sea state, ocean surface stress, sea ice, ocean surface heat fluxes, sea surface and subsurface salinity, sea surface height, sea surface and subsurface temperature, ocean circulation and surface and subsurface currents, ocean layering and density gradient, upwelling).

Option B: Improving the monitoring, understanding, reporting (Essential Variables) and projections of essential biogeochemical oceanic processes related to climate and changes over time at regional or sea basin scale (oxygen, nutrients, inorganic carbon, transient tracers, nitrous oxide, ocean colour, particulate matter, dissolved organic carbon, elemental and isotopic tracers, stable carbon isotopes, marine debris)

Option C: Improving the monitoring, understanding, reporting (Essential Variables) and projections of essential biological and ecosystem oceanic processes related to climate and changes over time at regional or sea basin scale (marine habitat properties, calcifying organisms, phytoplankton, zooplankton, fish, nekton migration, marine turtles, birds and mammals, hard coral, seagrass, mangrove, macroalgal canopy, microbe, invertebrate, ocean sound)

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Improve the reliability and effectiveness of alternative water resources supply systems and technologies

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Code: 26679 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CLIMATE-01-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The search for affordable, acceptable and reliable solutions is today a common challenge for water supply planners.
Assessments and recommendations of how alternative water supply sources and infrastructures can relate to existing water utility regimes remain unexplored and there is a need to explore how the regulations around these centralized regimes can support infrastructure diversification.
The objective of this action is to improve the sustainability of various alternative water supply resources in the context of climate change and water scarcity adaptation.

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Demonstration network on climate-smart farming – linking research stations

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Code: 26677 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CLIMATE-01-4 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

A wide adoption of practices contributing to mitigation of climate change and enhanced carbon storage by farmers is a priority to ensure that the EU reaches GHG mitigation objectives by 2030 and climate-neutrality for land use by 2035 and for the overall economy by 2050. Farming is also vulnerable to impacts of climate change; hence adaptation is of utmost importance. Project implementation is expected to contribute to mitigation of and adaptation to climate change and help achieve climate-neutrality.

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Analysing fossil-energy dependence in agriculture to increase resilience against input price fluctuations

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Code: 26673 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CLIMATE-01-6 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Successful proposals are expected to contribute to a better analytical tools and capacity to integrate the use of fossil energy and energy-intensive inputs in mineral fertilisers from the farming sector.

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Enhancing the sustainable production of renewable energy at farm-level

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Code: 26671 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CLIMATE-01-7 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

A variety of different forms of renewable energy are produced in rural areas. Between these renewable energy sources and the environment, there can be trade-offs (e.g. land use change, biodiversity loss, air pollution) and synergies. Small and medium scale installations can provide opportunities for new cooperation in production, sales and distribution of renewable energy, and thus, can provide agricultural communities (conventional and organic sectors) with an extra source of income, while contributing to clean energy supply for society.
The variety of options result in complex considerations, as the potential, performance and impacts of renewable energy technologies depend on natural conditions, size and type of farm, approaches designed and implemented, management techniques, degree of mechanization, geographic location, and socio-economic factors, such as awareness ,about technologies and their implementation, investment and advice support for farmers, as well as the surrounding energy system and energy infrastructure.

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Enhancing social inclusion in rural areas: focus on people in a vulnerable situation and social economy

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Code: 26668 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-COMMUNITIES-01-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Projects funded under this topic will contribute to build more inclusive, social resilient and prosperous European rural areas by improving the understanding of social inclusion and social economy challenges in rural areas, by taking stock of existing policies responses, and solutions for the provision of adequate services to the population in a vulnerable situation and for enhancing social economy and entrepreneurship.
Projects will address these challenges by piloting innovative solutions that foster social economy and improve social inclusion of people in a situation of vulnerability.

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EIC Transition Challenge: Full scale Micro-Nano-Bio devices for medical and medical research applications

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Code: 26662 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-TRANSITIONCHALLENGES-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/01/2023 | End submission calls: 27/09/2023

The scope of the Challenge is the maturation of Micro-Nano-Bio technologies developed in previous EU-funded projects to enable their transition to market, and the creation of the business plans to guide their next steps.

Deadline dates:
12 April 2023
27 September 2023

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A European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage – Innovative tools for digitising cultural heritage objects

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Code: 26649 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-ECCCH-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 21/09/2023

This topic aims at designing and implementing innovative tools and methods for digitisation of
- visible characteristics
- non-visible characteristics of cultural heritage objects, to be incorporated into the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH).
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A European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage

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Code: 26647 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-ECCCH-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 21/09/2023

This topic aims at designing and establishing a European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) and demonstrating its basic capacities.
The overall goal is to define, extend and accelerate the development of a platform for multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral collaboration on cultural heritage, focusing on users’ requirements and ease of use, as well as underpinning an open digital ecosystem that provides the tools and services needed to enable and scale-up future research and innovation in the field.

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European Partnership on Innovative SMEs

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Code: 26641 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2023-INNOVSMES-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 11/01/2023 | End submission calls: 22/03/2023

The overall objective of this 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.
The objective of this action is to continue to provide support to the European Partnership of Innovative SMEs and in particular to fund additional activities (which may also be undertaken by additional partners) in view of its intended scope and duration.

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European Excellence Initiative

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Code: 26638 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-03-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The European Excellence Initiative aims to raise excellence in science and in knowledge valorisation of Europe’s universities through cooperation. Cooperation of universities will be supported to create critical R&I mass and pursue specific objectives that contribute to accelerating key R&I areas of own choice, for instance, one or more Mission areas.

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Hop on Facility

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Code: 26635 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 28/09/2023

The Hop On Facility integrates one additional participant from a Widening country to an ongoing project under Pillar 2 or the EIC Pathfinder scheme while topping up a relevant task or work package and the cost incurred by the additional participant. Applications with activities that contribute to the policy objective of the transition towards a green and digital economy are especially encouraged.

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International benchmarking of rural and territorial policies and delivery mechanisms

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Code: 26633 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-COMMUNITIES-01-3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The project funded under this topic should contribute to increase policymakers’ understanding of rural challenges and strengthen their capacities to implement adequate policy responses to these challenges in order to increase inclusive and sustainable well-being in rural areas, considering also climate change mitigation and adaptation. Proposals are expected to work by adopting a holistic vision to rural development and/or revitalisation, avoiding a sectorial approach (e.g. rural development should not be limited to agricultural development, but overarch several aspects of the rural life).

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Assessing urban farming impacts

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Code: 26630 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-COMMUNITIES-01-5 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Projects results are expected to contribute in the improved knowledge on impacts and risks of various types of urban farming from the economic, environmental and social perspective, with a particular focus on spill-over effects into rural and peri-urban areas.

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Improving rural future through better territorial governance and rural-urban synergies

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Code: 26628 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-COMMUNITIES-01-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Rural and urban areas are interdependent and can mutually benefit from a territorial planning that takes into consideration their interactive relationship.
Proposals should aim at improving rural-urban cooperation, connections and planning for an integrated territorial development that adopts equitable measures to respond to socio-environmental disparities and foster sustainable growth.

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Investigating the contribution of geographical indications (GIs) to sustainable development and optimising support for newly established schemes

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Code: 26626 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-COMMUNITIES-01-4 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The EU is renowned for its high quality food products having specific characteristics or farming attributes that distinguish them in the marketplace, and particularly those labelled under registered geographical indications (GIs).
Quality schemes can benefit the rural and coastal economy. This is particularly the case in disadvantaged areas, in mountain areas and in the most remote regions where the farming sector already takes a significant part of the economy and production costs are high. They can create value for local communities through products that are deeply rooted in tradition, culture and geography.

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Inclusive and smart ways to communicate sustainability of food

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Code: 26620 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-COMMUNITIES-01-6 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The sustainability food labelling framework can help consumers in making sustainable food choices. An improved understanding of the drivers of food choices and the role of sustainability can support in using EU and national policy makers and government actions and funds most efficiently and using the best approaches. Information itself may not be enough to change citizens’ perception and actions, it should be addressed “in the right way” (emotional cues…etc.) and consider their current knowledge and information needs. Citizens’ food choices are subjective largely by food environments and there is a need to understand the influence of marketing and media as part of the environment, sometimes creating adverse effects.

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Microbiomes fighting food waste through applicable solutions in food processing, packaging and shelf life

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Code: 26615 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Proposals should aim for a holistic approach to realize the full potential that microbiome innovation has in terms of addressing food, health, environmental challenges and related economic problems and opportunities, to extend food shelf life and provide sustainable solutions in food processing and packaging.

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Support for the implementation of a sustainable platform for the EU-African Union cooperation under the Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) partnership

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Code: 26613 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-18 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Food and Nutrition Security and the Sustainability of Agriculture (FNSSA) are top priorities in the ‘Green Transition’ of the EU and Africa. The EU and the AU have adopted an enhanced Research & Innovation cooperation as their core strategy and approved a 10-year FNSSA Roadmap. The aim is to translate R&I efforts into tangible business, development and employment opportunities in Africa and Europe.

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Support to the markets and trade of agroecological food products under the Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) partnership

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Code: 26605 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-19 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Agroecology is a holistic approach that relies on and maximises the use of ecological processes to support agricultural production. By working more with nature and ecosystem services, it has the potential to increase farms’ circularity, diversification and autonomy, while preserving/enhancing biodiversity, and drive a full transformation of farming systems and agricultural value chains, from input substitution and beyond. Agroecological farming systems therefore have great potential to enhance the sustainability performance of agriculture and agricultural value chains that contribute to the objectives of the EU farm to fork strategy and the FNSSA partnership.

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Cultured meat and cultured seafood – state of play and future prospects in the EU

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Code: 26597 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Cell-based agriculture, and especially cultured meat (also called in vitro meat, lab-grown meat, artificial meat, cellular meat or cell-based meat) and cultured seafood, could be considered as a promising and innovative solution for promoting fair, safe, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems.
Few studies have been developed to understand the impact of the cultured meat cycle (production, consumption, waste) on the environment, and its link to social and cultural aspects. Rough estimates based on a life cycle assessment suggest lower GHG emissions, land requirements and water use compared to conventional meat. Cultured meat and cultured seafood also face social and cultural challenges.

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Fostering resilient European food systems in a changing world

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Code: 26595 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Understanding what drives our food system, both externally and internally, on a short-term basis and in the long-term, and how we can measure or monitor the drivers of change and their impacts on the food supply and food security is vital if we want to give policymakers and businesses better tools for making food systems more sustainable and more resilient to diverse shocks and stresses (such as pandemics, geopolitical disruptions, conflicts and economic sanctions, extreme climatic conditions, environmental changes, natural disasters or energy price increase). The project should point to some serious vulnerabilities, (inter)dependencies and critical infrastructure of the food systems, but also offer indications for policymakers and businesses about where to direct efforts and investments to improve resilience.

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European partnership on animal health and welfare

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Code: 26593 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The partnership should address terrestrial livestock and aquatic animals. Wildlife and companion animals will be addressed when there is a potential threat to public health or health of production animals. Therefore, the partnership’s co-created strategic research and innovation agenda, should include calls for research projects and integrative activities.
The partnership should coordinate research programmes and activities on animal health and welfare between the EU and its Member States and Associated Countries and trigger combined action.

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Towards research and innovation beyond farm to fork strategy targets for pesticides after 2030

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Code: 26590 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-4 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The use of chemical pesticides in agriculture harm non-target organisms including humans, contaminates the soil, water and the wider environment, and cause biodiversity decline in agricultural areas.

Research has shown that well-designed integrated pest management programmes can control weeds and pests in an ecologically friendly manner. A stronger R&I ecosystem should be put in place that would be able to contribute with sustainable solutions, assess the challenges of further reductions or phasing out chemical pesticides on food systems, including food security and affordability, and connect the different ongoing efforts and initiatives.

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Advancing vaccine development for African swine fever

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Code: 26588 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-5 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

A successful proposal will support research and innovation to help policy makers and economic operators reduce the burden of African swine fever (ASF), thus contributing to a safeguarding animal health and the economic resilience of the sustainable livestock industry.

ASF is a devastating viral disease that has showed its potential for very serious and rapid spread, not only in Europe, but throughout the world. Global research efforts are starting to show some promising results, but further work on the development of effective and safe ASF vaccines is needed, as an additional tool to re-inforce control and eradication strategies currently in place.

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New detection methods on products derived from new genomic techniques for traceability, transparency and innovation in the food system

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Code: 26585 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The successful proposals should contribute to ensuring traceability and authenticity, enhancing transparency and promoting innovation in the area of new genomic techniques.

The European Network of GMO Laboratories (ENGL) report, refers to the gene editing derived plant products, concluded that validation of an event-specific detection method and its implementation for market control will be feasible only for products carrying a known DNA alteration that has been shown to be unique, (i.e. the alteration should be specific for the gene edited organism/product). The report notes that several issues regarding the detection, identification and quantification of genome-edited products will require further consideration, as its findings are currently based on theoretical assessments.

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EIC Accelerator Open 2023

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Code: 26581 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 08/11/2023

The EIC Accelerator focuses in particular on innovations, building on scientific discovery or technological breakthroughs (‘deep tech’) and where significant funding is needed over a long timeframe before returns can be generated (‘patient capital’).
1. The “EIC AI Platform”, on which stakeholders developed and submitted their proposals for the Program in question, ceases to be active, with immediate effect.
  Submission of new proposals to Step 1 of the EIC Accelerator Program is currently suspended. The submission will be available again in early July 2023, in a new EISMEA online tool.
2. The scheduled closing date of Step 2 of 7 June 2023 has been postponed to 21 June 2023 at 17.00 (Brussels time). Proposals will be submitted to the Funding & Tenders Portal in a revised simplified form, which will be posted on the relevant page immediately. Companies that have already started preparation will receive relevant information within the next few days.
3. The Frequently Asked Questions document has been revised to include information about emergency settings.
Deadline dates:
11 January 2023
22 March 2023
21 June 2023
04 October 2023

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Teaming for Excellence

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Code: 26579 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The Teaming action is designed to support the creation of new centres of excellence or upgrading the existing ones in low R&I performing countries (except those centres of excellence that have already benefitted from previous Teaming calls). It is building on partnerships between leading scientific institutions in the European landscape and the main beneficiary institutions in low R&I performing countries that display the willingness to engage together for this purpose.

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EIC Pathfinder Open

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Code: 26569 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

The overall objective of the EIC Pathfinder for advanced research is to develop the scientific basis to underpin breakthrough technologies, with potential to create new markets and/or to address global challenges. It provides support for the earliest stages of scientific, technological or deep-tech research and development. Pathfinder projects aim to build on new, cutting-edge directions in science and technology to disrupt a field and a market or create new opportunities by realising innovative technological solutions.

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Testing and demonstrating transformative solutions to build resilience towards health risks caused by the effects of climate change

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Code: 26566 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-CLIMA-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

Projects results are expected to contribute to the following:

regions, local authorities and communities have been involved in development and testing of a whole range of transformative solutions, will help to mitigate the effect of climate change on health and human wellbeing, including making the public health sector more climate resilient and better prepared to mitigate the climate change related health challenges.

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Testing and demonstrating transformative solutions increasing climate resilience of the agriculture and/or forestry sector.

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Code: 26563 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-CLIMA-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

The proposal under this topic should develop and test at least one innovative solution, combining technological, social and business innovation, leading to an increase of the resilience and adaptation capacity to climate change in the involved regions and communities of the agriculture sector and the related value chains. Nature based solutions and the restoration of cropland and grassland should be explored as priority and at the very heart of the development whenever possible.

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Testing and demonstrating transformative solutions to protect critical infrastructure from climate change, mainstreaming nature based solutions.

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Code: 26561 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-CLIMA-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

The proposal should identify weaknesses and interlinkages of critical infrastructures, in order to develop and test innovative solutions.
The proposal should address the local vulnerabilities in order to mitigate the potential risks on the infrastructure being it as potential natural disasters, extreme weather events or long-term changes in average climate, as well as their potential negative impacts on critical assets and infrastructures and the interdependencies between those.
The proposal should design and test solutions with the potential to reduce negative impacts both of long terms climate change and also of sudden extreme events attributable to climate change.

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Positive clean energy district (PED) digital twins – from modelling to creating climate neutral Cities

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Code: 26559 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-CIT-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 27/04/2023

Proposals are expected to develop a digital twin that goes beyond the virtual representation of the built environment, by integrating a comprehensive modelling layer of the local energy systems as well as mobility and transport solutions in the project defined district boundaries. The digital twin should support scenario analysis with different boundary conditions to help define the optimal solution matrix. It should draw on existing components and use open standards, technical specifications and open source software where possible.
Proposed projects are expected to go beyond the creation of a digital twin and the integration of (technical) PED solutions.

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Urban greening and re-naturing for urban regeneration, resilience and climate neutrality

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Code: 26557 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-CLIMA-CITIES-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 27/04/2023

The objective of this topic is to explore and demonstrate how to operationalize collaborative climate mitigation and adaptation urban planning approaches deploying “greening” and renaturing solutions for regeneration, re-purposing, rehabilitation and pollution abatement purposes.
It invites for demonstration actions in at least four ‘lead’ cities accompanied by at least four ‘replicator’ cities, representing good geographical, climate and socio-economic diversity across Europe and situated each in a different Member State or Associated Country, where existent urban structure and fabric allow rehabilitation, regeneration, re-purposing or (re)conversion of areas such as large scale social housing districts, deprived districts and neighbourhoods, neglected or abandoned areas and brownfields, derelict industrial sites or dysfunctional urban places through greening and renaturing.

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Co-designed smart systems and services for user-centred shared zero-emission mobility of people and freight in urban areas (2Zero, CCAM and Cities’ Mission)

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Code: 26554 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2023-CIT-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 27/04/2023

Urban mobility is a key sector that cities need to address for accelerating their transition to climate neutrality.
This requires a mutual understanding and alignment of the opportunities of technical solutions from the CCAM and 2Zero partnerships and of needs identified by users and cities striving for the Mission target of climate neutrality.
Proposals under this topic, are expected to develop, test and demonstrate innovative solutions for mobility of people and freight exploiting the combined potential of electrification, automation and connectivity. Proposals must consider and explore the opportunities for technology transfer and synergy potentials with the respective other domain to fully cover passenger and goods mobility, although a primary focus on either people or goods mobility is possible.

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EU-Africa Union – food safety

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Code: 26533 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-20 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Food safety is a pre-condition for food trade. It aligns with the recent AU decision to establish the Africa Food Safety Agency to ensure the coordination of food safety at the continental level.

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Innovations in plant protection: alternatives to reduce the use of pesticides focusing on candidates for substitution

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Code: 26531 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-7 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The use of chemical pesticides in agriculture contributes to soil, water and air pollution, biodiversity loss and can harm non-target plants, insects, birds, mammals and amphibians.

For Plant Protection Products (PPPs) containing these active substances, Member States are required, when assessing an application for authorisation, to evaluate if these PPPs can be replaced (substituted) by other adequate solutions (chemical or non-chemical). Proposals should target one or more pesticides candidates for substitution in the EU and those pesticides which have been reported to be losing their efficiency due to the emergence of resistant pests.

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Eradicate micronutrient deficiencies in the EU

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Code: 26528 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The main objective of this topic is to contribute to the eradication of micronutrient deficiencies and reduction of nutrition inequalities across EU and Associated Countries at different levels (e.g. countries, regions, urban/rural/coastal areas) and for different communities of vulnerable groups such as infants, elderly, pregnant women, people with food intolerances/allergies, people with metabolic disorders on the one hand, and migrants and low income groups on the other hand.

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EU-African Union cooperation – linking the activities of the Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) partnership and those of the Pan-African Network for Economic Analysis of Policies (PANAP)

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Code: 26526 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

In line with the European Green Deal priorities and in particular the farm to fork strategy, and in support of the African Free Trade Area, the successful proposal will contribute to the African Union (AU)-EU High Level Policy Dialogue (HLPD) on Science, Technology and Innovation, and its priority on Green Transition (and the respective R&I partnerships on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change and Sustainable Energy), as well as to the implementation of the short-term actions outlined in the working document of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda, aiming to translate R&I efforts into tangible business, development and employment opportunities in Africa and Europe.

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Towards sustainable livestock systems: European platform for evidence building and transitioning policy

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Code: 26524 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-6 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The current debate on positive or negative impact and values of animal production is based on abundant contradictory data and on the difficulties in quantifying natural processes linked to agricultural production and land use. Negative and positive impacts and externalities, including potential trade-offs, should be deeply investigated in different types of farming systems, practices and environments. The project will build on a wide range of scientific information, reports, expert opinions and other available material such as databases.
The successful proposal will support policy makers with science-based evidence on the impacts and externalities of livestock farming as part of the food system and wider ecosystem.

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European partnership on accelerating farming systems transition – agroecology living labs and research infrastructures

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Code: 26522 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Agroecology living labs are characterised by very strong local embeddedness, multi-stakeholder involvement by a large diversity of origins, and knowledge intensiveness in the pursuit of and the innovations needed and produced.
Research infrastructures provide a wide range of services for research communities working in a long- term perspective.

The partnership’s co-created Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) should include calls for research projects and activities to boost place-based and multi-stakeholder co-creation of solutions. As such, it should boost fundamental research on agroecology through to applied research, and should give rise to ready-to-use solutions for scaling up in real-life environments. The partnership should cover issues pertaining to the transition to agroecology in all agricultural production systems, including but not limited to conventional agriculture, organic farming, agroforestry, permaculture, regenerative agriculture, urban farming, etc.

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Thematic network ensuring food safety by translating research and innovation into practice

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Code: 26520 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

In line with the farm to fork strategy the successful proposals will support food safety in the food system. Despite the continued generation of new knowledge and innovative solutions through funded European projects on how to ensure food safety in the food supply chain, they are often insufficiently exploited/known and widely applied by end-users for different reasons (official control authorities, food business operators, food safety risks assessors, etc.). Innovative ideas from practice are also insufficiently captured, exchanged and spread. Food safety knowledge and innovation ecosystems are insufficiently connected.

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Providing marketing solutions to prevent and reduce the food waste related to marketing standards

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Code: 26518 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

Food marketing standards are standards individuals and businesses comply with to be able to put food on the market or to sell to a particular buyer. These standards include or may include requirements about technical definitions, classification, presentation, marking and labelling, packaging, production method, conservation, storage, transport related administrative documents, certifications and time limits, restriction of use and disposal, …

As these standards focus on quality, they are different from food safety standards (foods that do not comply with marketing standards can still be safe to eat).

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Improving yields in organic cropping systems

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Code: 26516 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

One of the obstacles that hinders conversion to organic farming is the fact that several crops grown under organic conditions achieve lower yields per hectare as compared with those produced under conventional farming practices. Closing the yield gap is therefore important in order to further improve the economic competitiveness and resilience of the sector, as well as to increase farmers’ adoption of organic production.
Closing of the yield gap should not compromise the principles and objectives of organic farming, in particular with regard to the recycling of nutrients. Moreover, it is important that approaches and strategies aiming at bridging the yield gap in organic farming are holistic and take into consideration the implications on the entire farming system.

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European partnership on sustainable food systems for people, planet and climate

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Code: 26514 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-9 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The way in which food is produced on land, in fresh water and in oceans, as well as in aquaculture systems, fished, processed, packaged, distributed, valued, prepared, consumed, wasted and recycled should change to ensure that environmental, social and economic sustainability of food become core assets of EU’s food systems, along with food safety and food security. The prime condition for success is that a wide diversity of actors join forces in a Partnership.
This Partnership will provide a food systems R&I platform connecting local, national and European platforms, R&I programs and combining in-cash and in-kind resources in support of the transition to sustainable European food systems by 2030.

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Using automatic species recognition and artificial intelligence to fight illegal fish discards and revolutionise fisheries control

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Code: 26512 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-8 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The farm to fork strategy and the common fisheries policy aim to ensure that fishing and aquaculture are ecologically, economically and socially sustainable and provide a source of healthy food for EU citizens. The successful proposals should unequivocally contribute to phase out the practice of discarding unwanted fish and improving catch-reporting data by using automatic species recognition and artificial intelligence to analyse data sources, such as video footage, rapid DNA-based assays and sensor data in real-time through, for example, internet of things or similar monitoring systems.

To ensure that fisheries are ecologically, economically and socially sustainable and provide a source of healthy food, the EU needs to have in place a technologically advanced and effective fisheries monitoring and control system and the digitisation of fisheries is a key element.

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Digital technologies supporting plant health early detection, territory surveillance and phytosanitary measures

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Code: 26510 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

Pest monitoring is typically performed through costly and time-consuming on-site visits, resulting in certain cases in limited spatial and temporal resolution. Consequently, there is a need for more cost-effective approaches to detect and discriminate infested plants, including trees, at large spatial scales and within reasonable time frames. The advent of new technology in remote sensing, sensor technologies, robotics, remotely piloted aerial systems (RPAS), the internet of things (IoT), and artificial intelligence (AI), opens opportunities for monitoring continuously, more widely, and remotely. These technologies have the potential to guide and help to target on site surveillance and early detection activities and other phytosanitary measures.

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Advancing analytical capacity and tools to support EU agri-food policies post 2027

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Code: 26508 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

Successful proposals will advance analytical capacity and tools to support future evidence-based policies to accelerate the transition to sustainable food systems. While the focus is on agri-food policies, European Green Deal actions relating to climate and environment should also be integrated in the assessment/approaches where relevant.

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Integrated assessment of land use and biomass demands to contribute to a sustainable healthy and fair bioeconomy

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Code: 26505 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-7 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

In line with the European Green Deal priorities, the EU’s climate ambition for 2030 and 2050 and the bioeconomy strategy vision of an economic system that acts within environmental and social boundaries, the successful proposal will aim to develop or improve land use models and tools, enabling sustainability assessments to support better-informed policy- and decision-making processes, particularly on a national and regional level.

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Data-driven solutions to foster industry’s contribution to inclusive and sustainable food systems

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Code: 26503 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

This topic will enhance the sustainability performance and competitiveness in the domains covered by Cluster 6 through further deployment of digital and data technologies as key enablers.
Specifically, projects are expected to contribute in the increase of the insights into the potential benefits and feasibility of data and technology employed by the private sector together with public stakeholders to drive sustainable food system transformation while respecting the relevant legal and policy frameworks.

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Developing EU advisory networks on the optimal fertiliser use

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Code: 26501 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-22 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

This specific topic focuses on the important role advisors can play in relation to the soaring fertilizer prices and the ambition of the of the farm to fork and biodiversity strategies for 2030 to reduce nutrient losses to the environment from both organic and mineral fertilizers by at least 50%; and hence reduce the use of fertilisers by at least 20%, while ensuring no deterioration in soil fertility.

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Revitalisation of European local (rural / peri-urban) communities with innovative bio-based business models and social innovation

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Code: 26496 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-5 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

Proposal results are expected to contribute for a higher impact of bio-based innovation to accelerate the transition from a linear fossil-based economy, which leads to overuse and depletion of natural resources, into a resource-efficient and circular bio-based systems operating within safe planetary boundaries. Also it will contribute for the public awareness, governance and especially social innovation contributing to reduced resource consumption and increased innovation capacity of all actors, in respect to circular bio-based sectors, reduced risk of leaving anyone behind, particularly in the areas and communities in need of revitalization (focus on rural and peri-urban areas).

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Coordination and supporting action to increase synergies in the dissemination and exploitation of climate observations by World Meteorological Organization and its affiliated bodies

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Code: 26494 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-9 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

This coordination and supporting action (CSA) is intended to support WMO, its affiliated bodies GCOS and IPCC, together with GEO in their common endeavours to establish a global system for standardised, open and interoperable climate observations and to exploit them so that they become available as services to the societies and citizens of the world to support their actions to adapt to climate change.
In general a successful proposal will be contributing to the further deployment, uptake and exploitation of Environmental Observation data and products in the context of the European Green Deal.

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Support to EuroGEO initiative coordination/establishing a EuroGEO secretariat

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Code: 26492 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

This action aims to prepare the transition of the existing EuroGEO initiative into a sustainable endeavour, by setting up a secretariat.

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Towards CAP post 2027: evidence on nudging farmers to leverage more sustainable practices and behaviours

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Code: 26489 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

The current agri-food system is inadequate to the need to cope with this increased demand while also preserving the environment.
The common agricultural policy is a key tool to achieve a sustainable transformation, and it puts farmers at the core of its actions. Evidence about the adoption of nudging tools in promoting environmentally sustainable practices along the food supply chain, including the role of circular bio-based options, are still relatively sparse. In particular, nudges that have been proved to work efficiently on the consumer side (e.g., default nudges, social norm nudges, choice architecture) do not translate well to farmers, and farmers may respond to nudges in a heterogeneous manner, based on their specificities.

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Developing an interdisciplinary and inclusive pan-European academic network for food system science

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Code: 26487 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-4 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

The project will build an interdisciplinary and inclusive pan-European academic network for food system science, that will integrate the social sciences and humanities, design, engineering and natural and applied sciences. The aim of the network is to federate research performers including universities, national science academies and research centres, academics and researchers across Europe to work together on sustainable food systems transition by carrying out inter- and transdisciplinary research, developing and applying new methods, models and tools, improving data and knowledge sharing, fostering debate and providing advice to policy makers for improved decision-making at all levels – from global to local, as needed.

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Co-creation and trust-building measures for biotechnology and bio-based innovation systems

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Code: 26484 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-6 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

Projects results are expected to contribute to the development of a co-creation programme and guidelines on improved knowledge exchange and awareness raising for biotechnology with focus on bio-based innovation. Also it will focus on the improvement of innovation uptake for modern and emerging key enabling technologies, in particular (industrial) biotechnology and related bio-based value chains across the EU, supporting the EU Bioeconomy Strategy Action Plan and the Industrial Strategy.

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European partnership of Agriculture of Data

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Code: 26479 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

A successful proposal will contribute to the objectives of the Agriculture of Data partnership proposal including the strategic research and innovation agenda. This partnership aims to enhance climate, environmental and socio-economic sustainability and productivity of agriculture and to strengthen policy monitoring and evaluation capacities through exploiting the potential of Earth and environmental observation and other data, in combination with data technologies.

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Developing EU advisory networks to reduce the use of pesticides

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Code: 26477 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-21 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

This specific topic focuses on the important role advisors can play in relation to reducing pesticide use and risks to reach the associated target of the farm to fork and biodiversity strategies by promoting, for example, more sustainable farming techniques (e.g., integrated pest management and agroecology), carbon farming practices, and the use of non-chemical or biological methods for pest control.

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Mobilising BIOEAST networks for the development of national bioeconomy action programmes in support of the European Green Deal

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Code: 26471 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-8 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

The successful proposal will support R&I to strengthen the national bioeconomy networks in BIOEAST countries for the development of national bioeconomy action programmes and engage relevant stakeholders in the development of the action plans. Also it will contribute to the expected impacts of Destination ‘Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal’, and the European policies it supports, by supporting the establishment of the innovative governance models notably to achieve better informed decision-making processes, social engagement and innovation.

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Developing an EU advisory network on organic agriculture

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Code: 26468 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-20 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

This topic focuses on the important role that advisors can play in relation to boosting organic farming towards reaching the target of at least 25% of the EU’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030. In particular, advisors can play a key role in encouraging conversion to organic farming and in facilitating this process to farmers, and overall in tackling the challenges of organic farming.

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Reducing observation gaps in the land-sea interface area

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Code: 26466 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

Fit for purpose in-situ Earth observations are essential for understanding environmental systems and assessing feedback loops/impacts in important interfaces, as is the land-sea interface at the coastal zones. Especially through the contribution of satellite data, there are still important gaps to be addressed to integrate in-situ Earth observations from the terrestrial and marine domains. There is a need for increased capacity to assess trans-domain impacts, develop and validate detailed models and forecasting applications in the land-sea interface.

The successful proposal will be contributing to the European strategy for data, the European digital strategy, support Destination Earth with the development of Digital Twins and it will be contributing to a strengthened Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).

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Digitalisation in agriculture and forestry: markets for data, and digital technologies and infrastructure – state of play and foresight in a fast changing regulatory, trade and technical environment

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Code: 26456 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

The potential of digital and data technologies in the agricultural and forestry sectors to enhance their sustainability and economic performance and working conditions has been acknowledged.
Policies and the regulatory framework directly or indirectly influencing the deployment of digital and data technologies in the EU are evolving in a fast pace and will continue to do so. For stakeholder in the agricultural, forestry and the digital sectors to invest in digital and data technologies, it is important to be able to assess the possible implications of changing regulatory and market conditions on the development, purchase and use of data, and digital and data technologies. This is also supported by an increase in information on markets and related actor networks, and information on the storage and the flows of goods and data, through increased transparency and a strengthened position of users and consumers.

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Open source solutions for edge, cloud and mixed model applications to strengthen production and administrative capacities in agriculture

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Code: 26454 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

Digital and data technologies can improve the sustainability performance and competitiveness of the agricultural sector.
Digital solutions following the open-source principle can lead to reduced prices for digital applications and enhance transparency in production advice based on digital applications. Edge solutions may facilitate real-time applications also in areas with weak connectivity; they may, however, be run with less and/or other input data potentially resulting in another performance than cloud-based solutions or solutions following a mixed model of edge and cloud components. As data storage, processing and transfer goes along with energy consumption, the overall environmental performance of the different models for digital applications also varies and is also influenced by the number of users of a certain application.

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Empowering citizens to monitor, report and act in partnership with relevant public authorities to protect their environment in the context of environmental compliance assurance

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Code: 26451 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

Successful proposals are expected to support citizen engagement in particular by encouraging the validation and uptake of citizen observations by relevant public authorities for environmental compliance assurance.

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Broaden EIP Operational Group outcomes across borders by means of thematic networks to compile and share knowledge ready for practice

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Code: 26443 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-18 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

Project results are expected to contribute to the cross-cutting objective of the CAP on modernising the sector by fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake, as well as to the European Green Deal and farm to fork Strategy objectives and targets. It will also focus on the maintenance of practical knowledge in the long-term – beyond the project period – in particular by using the main trusted dissemination channels which farmers/foresters most often consult as well as on the increase of the practical information between farmers/foresters in the EU in a geographically balanced way.

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Thematic networks to compile and share knowledge ready for practice

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Code: 26441 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-19 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

In support of the European Green Deal, the EU’s climate policy, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the goals and objectives of the farm to farm strategy, successful proposals will focus on sharing knowledge in a language that is understandable and aimed at farmers and foresters. The results of the project are expected to contribute to the objective of modernizing knowledge exchange, innovation and digitization in agriculture and rural areas as well as the European Green Deal. The projects will focus on the increased flow of practical information between farmers/foresters in the EU in a geographically balanced way, creating spillover effects and taking into account differences between regions.

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Digital and data technologies for livestock tracking

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Code: 26439 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

Livestock and its attributes are tracked for instance in the context of implementing the CAP, for disease prevention and mitigation, as well as to facilitate production and the management of supply chains. Livestock tracking may also e.g. support climate mitigation by assessing livestock density against land carrying capacity and reduce soil disturbance and compaction. It may also facilitate the provision of information to consumers on the products offered and enhance transparency along the supply chain and offer a means to against legal commitments of livestock densities, e.g. in the context of CAP strategic plans.
In general it is expected to indirectly support the enhancement of the sustainability performance and competitiveness in agriculture, the development of innovative governance models, and strengthened capacities for implementing, monitoring and evaluating common policies through research and innovation and through interlinking actors and relevant initiatives.

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Technologies for processing and refining of critical raw materials (IA)

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Code: 26434 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Actions under this topic should demonstrate new or improved systems integrating relevant processing and refining technologies for better recovery of raw materials from low grade and/or complex ores from extractive wastes, reduction of waste, higher energy efficiency. The actions should target minerals and metals, particularly critical raw materials.

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Innovative technologies for sustainable and decarbonised extraction (RIA)

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Code: 26431 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Actions under this topic should develop new sustainable concepts and technological solutions, including alternative approaches, for mining of complex or difficult to access mineral deposits, including mining wastes and abandoned mining sites, particularly addressing the challenges of accessibility, industrial viability, safety and environmental impacts, including water use and GHG intensity of extraction.

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Coordination and knowledge sharing across materials development communities (CSA)

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Code: 26428 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-39 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

There is a need to integrate and unify digital and materials competences and resources, including data, ontologies, characterisation and modelling, as well as robotics and machine learning, to accelerate the design, development, production and application of advanced materials with the desired manufacturing processes, properties, durability, and end of life. The lack of integration is a major challenge for the advanced materials design and development serving the innovation markets, including the related value chains. Such collaboration should be extended to the manufacturing industries and their digital marketplaces so that data and information to design new materials can be shared by all interested stakeholders in a faster way.

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Expert network on Critical raw materials (CSA)

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Code: 26423 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials (CRM) for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

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Integrated approach for impact assessment of safe and sustainable chemicals and materials (RIA)

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Code: 26420 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-22 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Proposals should aim to develop integrated approaches for the assessment of health and environmental impacts together with the social and economic sustainability aspects of a chemical or material, all along their life-cycle. The proposals should also aim to foster the acceptance and effective uptake of the developed approaches within different sectors.

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Recyclability and resource efficiency of Rare Earth based magnets (IA)

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Code: 26418 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.
Actions are expected to contribute to the implementation the EU action plan on Critical Raw Materials and the action plan on Rare Earth Magnets and Motors from the European Raw Materials Alliance.

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Future Space Ecosystem and Enabling Technologies

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Code: 26415 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

This topic aims at enabling efficient in-space services (e.g. maintenance, assembly, manufacture, logistics, warehousing and disassembly/reuse/recycling) by focussing on target-oriented development and qualification of innovative, game-changing technologies, key technology building blocks as well as new applications and services for the future space ecosystem.

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Low cost high thrust propulsion for European strategic space launchers - technologies maturation including ground system tests

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Code: 26410 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-21 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Cost reduction and improving flexibility of European launch systems are the main challenges in order to foster European industry competitiveness on the global market.

The propulsion systems represent a significant part of launch system costs. It is necessary to mature new or optimised low cost effective (lower number of parts, better operability), high performance (high thrust to weight ratio, high specific impulse) and green propulsion concepts, technologies and propellants for high thrust engines.

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Copernicus for Atmosphere and Climate Change, including CO2

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Code: 26408 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-31 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service evolution: the objective is to develop new and advanced modelling and data assimilation in CAMS global and regional systems in order to keep modelling and data assimilation aspects at the international state-of-the-art and benefit fully from ground-based and satellite observations, in particular from active remote-sensing networks with profiling capabilities (e.g. lidars, ceilometers, radars).

Copernicus Climate Change Service evolution: the objective is to develop innovative methodologies to characterise compound and cascading extreme weather events, including determining the potential frequency, intensity and impacts of these events in a changing climate.

The main objective of the research activities, is to perform R&D activities identified as priorities for the Copernicus CO2MVS capacity as identified by the European Commission’s CO2 monitoring Task Force

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Copernicus for Marine Environment Monitoring

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Code: 26405 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-34 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The objective is to implement an advanced and seamless monitoring and forecasting of the ocean from global/regional to coastal scales representative of high-resolution and high-dynamics phenomena (physics, biogeochemistry) to better constrain the coastal applications and models developed at national to local level for several applications.

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Versatile light sources and systems as tools for manufacturing and medical application (Photonics Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 26401 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-53 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Proposals should address new versatile light sources and lasers, concept and systems for extended and new fields of applications.

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Advanced imaging and sensing technologies (IA)(Photonics Partnership)

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Code: 26397 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-57 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Innovative hardware and software approaches, or to explore novel techniques with potential to outperform the current standards.

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Drivers and success factors for progress towards Industry 5.0 (RIA)

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Code: 26395 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-52 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

In order to optimise policies that stimulate the uptake of the Industry 5.0 principles of sustainability, resilience and human-centricity and facilitate their implementation, an increased understanding of drivers and factors contributing to or hindering successful implementation is required, based on a sociotechnical and multidisciplinary approach, taking technological, social and human aspects into consideration.

The action will select and thoroughly study the successful or less successful implementation of the Industry 5.0 principles in at least ten cases.

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Fostering knowledge valorisation through societal and cultural interactions (CSA)

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Code: 26393 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-33 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This action aims to strengthen and further develop existing or new schemes promoting arts-industrial technologies-citizens interactions, that increase uptake of new technologies and innovative solutions through better societal understanding and acceptance, as well as co-creation delivering economic and societal benefits. While arts and technology are the main drivers, citizens and communities are empowered to develop, test, co-create and share the benefits of new innovative solutions that address their needs.

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R&I cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa (CSA)

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Code: 26390 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-92 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

The scope of this topic fosters cooperation and prepare ground for joint research and innovation and raise greater awareness of R&I cooperation opportunities between the EU and sub-Saharan Africa.

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Pilots for an innovative human-centric industry (RIA)

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Code: 26388 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-51 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

The human-centric approach implies placing core human needs and interests at the heart of processes in industry, rather than taking the technology and its potential for increasing efficiency as a starting point.
A human-centric industry recognises and leverages the capabilities and creative potential of its workers through the synergistic combination with advanced (digital) technologies.

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Affordable Housing District Demonstrator (IA)

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Code: 26382 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-44 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Industrial symbiosis needs to be fostered amongst most relevant partners engaged in construction and renovation of social housing facilities. So the ultimate objective of the proposed action is to obtain a set of lighthouse affordable housing districts that each have followed a different approach, focussing on one or a combination of different innovative strands.

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Bioinspired and biomimetic materials for sustainable textiles (IA)

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Code: 26189 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-32 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

This topic refers to the innovation market for Sustainable Textiles and will support citizens and their needs. Several materials specifications and related innovations needs will support this topic such as renewable and recyclable materials, alternative active ingredients, design for circularity.

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Intelligent data acquisition and analysis of materials and products in existing built works (RIA)

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Code: 26183 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

There is a need to research new digitally powered techniques and technologies that would rapidly and accurately identify, analyse and record existing construction materials, products and components, facilitating their use in a circular economy and reducing life cycle impacts including embodied carbon.

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Green and digital skills and training needs for a just transition (CSA)

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Code: 26181 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-54 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Delivering on the green transition can have a positive effect on the total number of jobs in the EU with almost 1 million jobs being added with the right policies in place. However, in order for the transition to be successful and fair, existing and new workers need to be equipped with the right skills. In order to do that, they should have access to lifelong learning and dedicated up-skilling and reskilling programmes.

In a similar way, advanced digital skills require more than mastering coding or having a basis of computing sciences. With emerging technologies around quantum, AI, big data and other key technologies, the need for ICT specialist is increasing.

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Coordination and Support of Cognitive Computing Continuum research and policy (CSA)

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Code: 26177 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This topic will focus on the Coordination and Support of Cognitive Computing Continuum research and policy. It will
support the structure for the European Computing ecosystem: networking events and vision workshops for the academic and industrial computing community.

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Toolbox for efficient IP licensing for market uptake and societal value creation (CSA)

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Code: 26175 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-31 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

In line with the EU IP action plan and the Report on an intellectual property action plan to support EU’s recovery and resilience by the European Parliament, this action will promote better intellectual property management in research and innovation in view to materialise excellent research into innovation that is benefitting the society and businesses in the EU and beyond.

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International Hub for Digital Partnerships in the Indo-Pacific (CSA)

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Code: 26173 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-91 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This topic focuses on the support of R&I activities and concrete pilot projects (e.g. AI, digital identity) that are linked to the implementation of Digital Partnerships with Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Singapore as well as in the context of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) with India with a view to drive technology development and standardisation, or regulatory/legislative approaches. It will also support the digital dialogues with international partners, facilitate exchange of views and best practices, regulatory cooperation and where appropriate development of common principles regarding regulation, legislation and standards, developed bilaterally or agreed in international fora.

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Advanced (nano and bio-based) materials for sustainable agriculture (RIA)

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Code: 26171 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-34 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

This topic refers to the innovation market for sustainable agriculture. The next generation of fertilisers, biocides and plant protection products for agriculture should need to be based on new delivery systems made from advanced (nano)materials (nanosubstances and nanoformulations of conventional substances) or and/or bio-based materials, to enable target-specific, precise and slow release of the product, reduction of load of active substances, ease of application, reduced risk for non-target organisms and operator exposure, reduced wash-off, reduced costs for farmers, etc.

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Advanced materials for magnets in applications for the New Energies Market (RIA)

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Code: 26169 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-37 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

This topic refers to the innovation markets for New Energy and for Sustainable Transportation. Several materials specifications and related innovation needs will support this topic such as renewable energy and efficiency, renewable and recyclable materials, sustainable additives and catalysts, advanced surfaces, design for circularity. The topic should address several key policies of the European Union such as Circular Economy Action Plan, Zero Pollution Action Plan, A New Industrial Strategy for Europe also in view of critical and strategic raw materials for energy storage and conversion.

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Adaptive multi-scale modelling and characterisation suites from lab to production (RIA)

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Code: 26166 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

To support the green and digital industrial transition, there is the need to develop innovative routes to accelerate the design and production of new advanced materials, improving the circular economy and developing alternative feedstocks to support the EU’s open strategic autonomy throughout value chains (and covering all aspects of sustainability). Industrial research for materials from laboratory to production requires the extension of current knowledge on materials behaviour to the entire value chain.

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Localised and Urban Manufacturing, supporting creativity and the New European Bauhaus (RIA using FSTP)

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Code: 26161 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-53 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Decentralised, local and urban manufacturing is characterised by small, versatile factories, close to customers, and to highly qualified workers, where various types of customised products are produced in small series for the cost price of mass-produced products.This topic is intended to integrate the New European Bauhaus initiative into the development and implementation of the decentralised manufacturing vision.

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Provide for a strong and sustainable pool of experts for European Standardisation: attract the students of university/HEI

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Code: 26134 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-63 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This action aims at providing for a robust and sustainable pool of European professionals ready to contribute to standardisation and support positioning EU as global standard-setter.
University/HEI teaching is key to build up the pool of standardisation experts.
Academics teaching can provide for standardisation-competent graduates, who are aware of the benefits of standardisation and thus ready, as young professionals, to make Europe’s voice heard in international standardisation.

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Pre-normative research and standardisation in industrial ecosystems (CSA)

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Code: 26132 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-64 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

The scope of this topic is to boost the interactions between research projects and pre-normative work in the various ecosystems, and to increase the European contribution and presence in the subsequent formal European and international standardisation processes in line with the objectives of the standardisation strategy.

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R&I cooperation with Latin America (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and other countries in the BELLA network or members of RedClara) (CSA)

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Code: 26130 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-93 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Joint EU-LAC cooperation on digital transformation has led to the successful completion of the BELLA programme, which supported the construction of a new submarine fibre-optic cable linking Lisbon (Portugal) with Fortaleza (Brazil) as well as an onward terrestrial connection with several countries in the region. The new connection provides for the long-term interconnectivity needs of European and Latin American research and innovation communities, but its full potential has not been exploited so far.

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Smart sensors for the Electronic Appliances market (RIA)

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Code: 26114 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-33 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

Sensors are a key technology for electronic appliances serving our society. This topic refers to the innovation market for electronics appliances, in support of citizens and their various needs (be it in health care, home &personal care, food or textiles). Several materials specifications and related innovations needs will support this topic such as renewable and recyclable materials, alternative active ingredients and design for circularity.

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End-to-end Earth observation systems and associated services

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Code: 26107 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

This topic will contribute to develop and deploy global space-based services, applications and data, and therefore contributes to foster the European space sector competitiveness, as stated in the expected impact of this destination.

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Scientific exploitation of space data

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Code: 26103 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-71 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Exploitation of all acquired and available data provided by space missions in their operative, post-operative or data exploitation phase ensuring complementarity with activities already supported by ESA or national agencies during development phases.

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Quantum Space Gravimetry Phase-A Study

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Code: 26090 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-63 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The final objective of this call is the selection of a Quantum Space Gravimetry pathfinder mission. The scope of this topic covers in particular the system and operations concept of the pathfinder mission leading to a technical solution deployable before the end of the decade. A particular attention will be drawn on the analysis of the critical technologies and components necessary to deploy this mission, and proposals shall address the technological maturation necessary to meet this objective, based on EU solutions.

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Copernicus in-situ component

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Code: 26088 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-33 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The approach followed under this topic, should foster the exploitation of exiting in situ data capacities to close observation gaps in combination with new observing infrastructure and innovative processing/modelling techniques. The proposed developments should be interoperable, modular and scalable, should support the automatization of different processes orchestration, and proposals should provide a proof-of-concept or a prototype that can be easily adapted by at least one of the Copernicus Services and / or an observing network or similar delivering critical in situ data to Copernicus.

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New space transportation solutions and services

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Code: 26085 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-22 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

There are emerging opportunities in space transportation out of which some are recently started to being seized by European actors characterised by new uses of space (e.g. small satellites, larger constellations and payload recovery) new destinations (e.g. direct GEO, re-entry from LEO).

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Quantum Communication Technologies for space systems

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Code: 26080 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-62 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The scope of this topic is the development of the critical components and technologies necessary to build a space quantum key distribution system. Based on the principle that any component used to generate, store, transmit, receive, decode, or use quantum information is considered a critical component, the scope of this topic covers all the critical hardware and software components necessary for the quantum key distribution function to be implemented via a satellite payload, as well as the corresponding optical ground station.

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Copernicus for Emergency Management

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Code: 26075 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-32 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Innovative methods and technologies for emergency related applications to derive advanced products and open new opportunities for an operational deployment addressing the needs of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service.
Actions aimed at service evolution should be developed in response to specific policy and user requirements while seizing the opportunities provided by the evolution in technology.

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Future Space Ecosystem: Management and Coordination Activity

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Code: 26071 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

This support activity aims at enabling a sustainable, highly automated, flexible and economically viable space infrastructure in a holistic approach, prepared to maximise commercial opportunities in space and on earth: the future space ecosystem.
This requires a targeted evolution of the Future Space Ecosystem (FSE) roadmap that identifies and describes pathways to innovative and promising applications and services in the fields of in-space services. It shall consider new space approaches, enabling technologies (e.g. electric propulsion, automation & robotics, AI, high-performance and reliable avionics) and synergies with terrestrial sectors, strengthened by continuous market and trend analyses.

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Space technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness

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Code: 26069 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-72 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The scope is focused on the research and innovation to mature critical space technologies that currently have dependency issues for use in the EU space programme components and discussed within the frame of the European Commission-ESA-EDA Joint Task Force (JTF).

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Modern, flexible and efficient European test, production and launch facilities

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Code: 26062 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-23 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Europe needs to improve the cost efficiency of the access to space ground facilities and of launch systems production and operations for the launchers essential for the implementation of EU space programme. It could benefit from the current transformational wave in industry, which has the potential to exploit digitalisation and advanced data management for lowering the cost of low production rate facilities and further improving quality.

In addition, access to space ground facilities in Europe need to become interoperable allowing to decrease the launch service costs.

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Organisation of the Women TechEU Scheme

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Code: 26052 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2023-CONNECT-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

As a final objective, the scheme supports European early-stage deep tech start-ups, registered and established in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country for at least six months at the time of the submission, founded or co-founded by women, holding a top management position (chief executive officer (CEO), chief technology officer (CTO), chief scientific officer (CSO), or equivalent). All deep tech domains should be eligible, with the emphasis being on overall gender balance and the position held by women in the start-up.

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Preparatory action for setting up joint programmes among innovation ecosystems actors

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Code: 26043 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2023-CONNECT-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2023

The topic will allow national, regional and/or local authorities in charge of innovation policies and programmes from Member States, Associated Countries and/or their regions, in cooperation with research and innovation actors, to prepare joint multi-annual programmes of activities and action plans with the aim of strengthening the performance and capacity of their innovation ecosystems, their efficient interconnection and their alignment towards EU-level priorities, in line with the New European Innovation Agenda, to jointly tackle challenges at EU, national, regional, and local level.

The topic will allow applicants to prepare and agree on a common programme of activities and action plans.

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Developing a better understanding of information suppression by state authorities as an example of foreign information manipulation and interference

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Code: 25971 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) goes beyond the much-used concept of “disinformation”, which focusses on the active promotion of messages and pushing out of false/misleading content. FIMI also includes other aspects of how the information environment and civic discourse can be manipulated, notably through the suppression of independent and critical voices. It aims to eliminate – or suppress – from the public sphere certain voices or messages.
This should focus on different aspects, ranging from the individual to the society, to the media, academia, as well as pressure on private industry.

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Integrated care solutions leading to better quality, person-centred long-term care and overcoming territorial inequalities in their provision

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Code: 25963 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

The quality of long-term care (LTC) is affected by a number of factors, including funding, workforce, organisation, and technology. Concerning organisation, new models of integrated care have started to emerge, which aim to structure care services around personal needs to improve user satisfaction, psychological health, and well-being.

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Remote working arrangements and their economic, social and spatial effects

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Code: 25961 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

Remote working arrangements have considerably increased giving a new perspective to a long ongoing debate on a solution which before was primarily an opportunity to improve employees’ work-life balance.
Research should investigate how remote working arrangements can affect different spaces, focusing on the urban and rural divide and its impacts on the local communities, including on ethical and social aspects, employment, as well as on administration and infrastructures.

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Towards sustainable economic policy paradigms

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Code: 25956 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

GDP is still the main macroeconomic indicator used around the world to quantify economic activity.

However, the GDP indicator was never designed to measure human and planetary prosperity and well-being. Since more than a decade now, it is becoming clear that GDP on its own cannot reflect the real level of well-being and development of a society, or the damage done to the environment by certain economic activities and consumption choices.

The goal of the proposals should be to help in particular policymakers and stakeholders, who are not familiar with beyond GDP policy frameworks and well-being indicators, but want to learn how to better incorporate well-being considerations into their work.

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Tackling inequalities in the green and digital transitions

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Code: 25954 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

The next decades will be defined by the twin green and digital transitions. To achieve this, policymakers need to both recognise existing inequalities and vulnerabilities and take duly into account the possible distributional impacts of new/revised policies (e.g. the Green Deal and its Fit for 55 Package), against (updated) baseline scenarios.

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Mapping of longitudinal data and assessment of inequalities in education, training and learning achievements

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Code: 25947 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

Long-standing educational inequalities have been pervasive across the European Union and have further aggravated inequalities within and between countries.
Longitudinal studies of individual student cohorts are rare, and it is difficult to follow students, assess their learning outcomes over time and identify trends in education inequalities. It is even more difficult to examine any causal link between educational policies and inequalities in education achievements.

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Bridging the migration research to policy gap

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Code: 25944 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

The topic is about building a rigorous method for bridging science and politics on migration, based on existing literature that is not exclusive to migration policy, including decision-making, organizational studies, behavioral studies, human rights, gender and intersectional aspects (eg socio-economic background, ethnic/minority origin, disability) and public policy literature.

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Global Shortages and Skill Partnerships

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Code: 25942 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

As the EU’s workforce grows older, there is increasing political attention on how to recruit workers with the right skills for a changing labour market.
Proposals should focus on the shortage model that leads to recruitment of foreign workers through skill partnerships, and should assess their existence and their cause, with particular attention on how to define and measure them.
Additionally, proposals should then focus on third countries of origin, and go beyond single case studies keeping a macro and/or cross-case comparison perspective.

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Tackling European skills and labour shortages

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Code: 25939 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

Research activities are expected to take stock, also building on existing literature and studies, of the current labour shortages across Europe, by sectors and occupational groups, based on a sound methodology and ensuring that data is comparable across countries.
The proposals should focus on the skills needed for the green and digital transitions with a focus on the “transferability” of existing skills from one sector/occupation to other sectors/occupations (e.g. what is the real gap in skills).

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Addressing housing inequalities in a sustainable, inclusive and affordable way

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Code: 25925 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

Housing is now the highest item of expenditure for European citizens.
Research may focus on the relation between housing inequalities and the labour mobility from regions facing job losses to regions generating new jobs in the context of the twin transition. With regard to social and affordable housing, research may shed light on the role social, green and digital innovations can play in addressing housing inequalities.

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Efficiency and effectiveness of investment in high-quality education and training

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Code: 25907 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

Effective and efficient investment in education and training at all educational levels and for all age groups is a prerequisite for enhancing quality and inclusiveness of the education and training systems, improving the education outcomes, meeting the European Education Area objectives and targets, as well as for driving sustainable growth, improving well-being, and building a more inclusive society.
The ”Expert Group on Quality Investment in Education and Training’‘ is focused on teachers and trainers, digital education, education infrastructure and learning environments and equity and inclusion.

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Fostering socio-economic development and job creation in rural and remote areas through cultural tourism

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Code: 25879 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

Research proposals under this topic should focus on exploring research and innovative solutions for sustainable cultural and creative tourism development in rural and remote areas (including outermost areas) that will aim at job creation and socio-economic regeneration, taking into consideration the specificities of each region and the diversity of economies.

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Cultural and creative approaches for gender-responsive STEAM education

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Code: 25875 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

Women have long played an important, but often unacknowledged role in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Whilst women are overall well represented in many cultural professions, certain cultural and creative sectors which demand more digital and technological skills, such as the gaming and filming industry, still see a stark underrepresentation of women in these fields, as well as persisting gender stereotypes in the content that is produced.
In order to improve girls’ participation and interest in these fields from an early age, a STEAM approach, featuring creative thinking, and a scientific evidence-based approach, applied arts, and the teaching of science in political, environmental, socio-cultural contexts, can prove particularly useful.

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Promoting cultural literacy through arts education to foster social inclusion

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Code: 25871 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

Τhe challenge is to better understand the value of cultural literacy on social cohesion and inclusion, how we could exploit its benefits through arts in education and what are the best practices/ policies to further integrate it in school and out of school activities. Education and education policies are a key to increasing resilience and cohesion in Europe, however, cultural literacy in education differs among the European countries, while the current policies in Europe commonly have a narrow and normative notion on how to implement this in practice.

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Re-visiting the digitisation of cultural heritage: What, how and why?

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Code: 25869 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

The cultural heritage sector, as the rest of society, finds itself in the midst of a dramatic digital transition. This transition deeply affects its activities, its organisation, and at times the purpose or existence of its institutions and subsectors.

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Cultural and creative industries for a sustainable climate transition

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Code: 25867 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

The cultural and creative industries (CCIs) are an important source of growth and job creation in the European economy. Moreover, the CCIs play a key role in shaping culture, values and perceptions across the European Union and beyond. Thus, the role of the CCIs in achieving the European Union’s climate transition objectives is crucial.

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Advanced technologies for remote monitoring of heritage monuments and artefacts

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Code: 25864 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 16/03/2023

Remote technologies with emphasis on non-destructive techniques should focus on obtaining analytical chemical information regarding pollutants and/or degradation products from previous interventions in monuments, buildings or large size cultural objects, which are not easily accessible or in remote places for representative sampling. Remote chemical mapping should be included too.

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A world leading European video game innovation system

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Code: 25861 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

The video game industry is in many ways a pioneer when it comes to harnessing the digital transition to create attractive products and rewarding experiences for its users. Also, the video game industry drives the development of new methods and technologies which have proven valuable in other industries, such as the automotive and pharmaceutical industries, as well as in the public sector.

Thus, the video game industry is not only a key channel of increasing importance for the expression of culture and creativity in Europe, but also a major economic sector in itself, and a vital driver of innovation in other economic sectors.

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Cultural heritage in transformation – facing change with confidence

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Code: 25857 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

Cultural heritage has enormous potential in terms of its contribution to improving the quality of life for people, understanding the past and assisting territorial cohesion. Current policy discourses focus essentially on the need to protect and preserve cultural heritage for the benefit of future generations.

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Intersectionality and equality in deliberative and participatory democratic spaces

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Code: 25855 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

There has been a recent push to overcome the limits of representative democracy and reinvigorate democratic participation through participatory and deliberative democratic innovations at local, regional, national and European level. Such processes have aimed to bring power and decision-making closer to citizens, and have contributed to reimagining the meaning of democracy and to further fostering the involvement of citizens in democratic life.
Proposals should contribute to reinvigorating democracy and enhancing citizen participation by designing, envisioning and piloting processes of democratic innovation where overcoming the accumulation and intersection of discrimination or stigmatisation is a core part of the process.

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Political perspectives for the Eastern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans

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Code: 25848 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

Proposals are expected to analyse the European Union’s current neighbourhood and enlargement strategy and toolbox in the light of the new situation where military aggression or the threat with it and political exploitation of economic dependencies are once more used as foreign policy tools in Europe. Based on this, they should provide innovative perspectives on the origins and evolutions of policies aimed at stabilising and democratising the Eastern Neighbourhood along with evidence-based policy options to adapt this strategy to the new state of play.

Furthermore, in the context of the accession process, there is need to strengthen mechanisms of compliance with the acquis in the area of social policies and to strengthen social cohesion to avoid brain drain and care drain in Eastern Partnership and Western Balkans countries.

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The climate imperative and its impact on democratic governance

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Code: 25845 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

Proposals under this topic should help reinvigorate democratic governance by suggesting pathways for improved effectiveness of rule-of-law based institutions and policies, notably pathways for open government practices that enable active civic participation throughout the policymaking process. They should help strengthen social and economic resilience and sustainability through a better understanding of the relationship between democratic governance and the climate imperative.

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New approaches for combatting corruption and other undue influences on political decision-making

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Code: 25841 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

Corruption and anticorruption are about human behaviour and require therefore multifaceted and multidisciplinary research. Proposals should aim at bringing together the contributions from behavioural and political economists, psychologists and anthropologists, historians, lawyers, political scientists, communication scholars, etc. Their research findings should contribute to a deeper understanding of corruption and further the evaluation of the quality of democracy and good governance.

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Detecting, analysing and countering foreign information manipulation and interference

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Code: 25836 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

This topic aims to focus on researching the connections between foreign actors and their ecosystem with domestic democratic and anti-democratic forces, and how they influence each other, how they align their Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP) and/or how the connections could be dealt with politically, without interfering with the democratic process. Other forms of foreign intervention, such as capturing elites, using foreign direct investment or threats of armed attack as means of influence.

This research will examine:
- how to create a common understanding of the parameters required to deliver technical performance;
- how can these TTPs be identified and aggregated;
- how they can be stored and shared in an adequate privacy-compliant environment.
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Democratic governance for times of disruptive changes to the social contract

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Code: 25833 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

A social contract is the intellectual construct referring to the agreement between members of a society, community, or organisation that spells out the obligations, functions, and rights of each citizen agreeing to the contract. The classic concept of social contract also implies the notion of the individual renunciation of some freedoms, in exchange for core public goods, including the right to democratic participation and the protection that societal life can offer. When the social contract fails to uphold its end of the bargain and leaves its citizens disappointed, there is a risk of social unrest and political instability.

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The emotional politics of democracies

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Code: 25830 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2022 | End submission calls: 14/03/2023

Proposals under this call should examine the role of affect and emotions (such as hope, resentment, happiness, fear, dissatisfaction, frustration, solidarity, hatred, envy, shame, pride, humiliation, etc.) in European democracies, how they interact with values, identities, experiences and beliefs, and how this impacts democracies and democratic governance.

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Development of community-based approaches for ensuring and improving the quality of scientific software and code

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Code: 25827 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-EOSC-01-02 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The overall objective of this topic is to improve the quality of software and code, as well as the quality of other digital objects based on code such as workflows, computational models, etc.

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Consolidation of the RI landscape – Individual support for evolution and long-term sustainability of pan-European research infrastructures

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Code: 25825 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-DEV-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

This topic targets the consolidation of the EU RI landscape through the support, together with member countries, to the strengthening, long-term sustainability, reorientation or evolution of ESFRI Landmarks or other European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs). Activities aimed at ensuring long-term sustainability include enlargement of the membership or broadening the base of participating countries, international cooperation, revision of business/funding plan, development of managerial and technical skills for RI staff, and structuring and strengthening of national nodes.

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Preparation of common strategies for future development of RI technologies and services within broad RI communities

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Code: 25821 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-DEV-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The objective is to define common plans or roadmaps for future RI technology and services, including their digitalisation when relevant, and their long-term development pathways, taking into account the current state of the art, the international landscape and their environmental (including climate-related) impact and energy consumption.

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Concept development for a research infrastructure to manage, integrate and sustain large medical cohort studies

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Code: 25817 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-DEV-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

This topic aims at supporting the development of new concepts for a research infrastructure at European level, to manage, integrate and sustain large medical cohort studies. The possibility to extend the scope of already existing infrastructures and/or integrate in a sustainable way existing pan-European and national capacities to cover this need and provide RI services for large medical cohort studies should be assessed as a first option, identifying what is missing and the necessary new developments. Such an infrastructure will also enable an appropriate exploitation of past investments by EU framework programmes or other European funders on the development of medical cohorts.

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New technologies and solutions for reducing the environmental and climate footprint of RIs

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Code: 25803 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-TECH-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The aim of this topic is to deliver innovative technologies and solutions which reduce the environmental and climate footprint of RIs through the full life cycle of research infrastructures. Proposals should identify common methodologies, among the concerned RIs, to assess environmental impact and strategies to reduce it, as well as efficiency gains in the broader ecosystem.

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Next generation services for operational and sustainable EOSC Core Infrastructure

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Code: 25800 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-EOSC-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The EOSC-Core and EOSC-Exchange provide the technological backbone of the federated EOSC ecosystem, supported by the EOSC Interoperability Framework and guidelines, allowing users to discover, share, and exploit resources on the EOSC platform. Data-driven user experience is a fundamental aspect for further development of the EOSC Core, allowing user feedback for the continuous improvement of the EOSC platform’s functionality in an open manner.

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Research infrastructure services advancing frontier knowledge

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Code: 25797 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-SERV-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

This topic aims at providing trans-national access (on-site or remote) and/or virtual access to integrated and customised RI services for curiosity-driven research in wide scientific domains, offered by a wide range of complementary and interdisciplinary top level research infrastructures.

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EOSC Architecture and Interoperability Framework

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Code: 25790 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-EOSC-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The EOSC Architecture and Interoperability Framework coordination and governance seeks to ensure that interoperability is built, encouraged and maintained with structure, fairness and transparency.

Achieving interoperability is essential in order to federate services, integrate data and enable interoperation with applications or workflows for analysis, storage and processing. The EOSC Interoperability Framework (EOSC IF) provides the procedures and services required to support a flexible framework of standards and guidelines that facilitate the interoperability and composability of EOSC resources in the EOSC-Exchange via the EOSC-Core.

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Research infrastructure services advancing frontier knowledge: co-fund pilots with pan-European RIs and/or national RIs

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Code: 25784 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-SERV-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This topic aims at piloting the co-funding, with Member States and Associated Countries, of programmes of access to research infrastructures at EU level. The programme should provide trans-national access (on-site or remote) and/or virtual access to services offered by a set of similar or complementary advanced national or pan-European research infrastructures, to enable curiosity-driven interdisciplinary research. Proposals can address all scientific domains.

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Research infrastructure services to enable R&I addressing main challenges and EU priorities

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Code: 25780 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-SERV-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

This topic aims at providing trans-national access (on-site or remote) and/or virtual access to integrated and customized RI services for challenge-driven research and innovation in each of the areas listed below, offered by a wide range of complementary and interdisciplinary top level research infrastructures.

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Support to the implementation of an EU Manifesto for STE(A)M education and research and innovation career paths to tackle gender inequalities in the ERA

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Code: 25768 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

Τhe action should ensure the implementation of a European Manifesto for STEAM education and career paths to tackle gender inequalities among relevant R&I actors, through the adoption of common principles and actions on gender-inclusive STEAM education, research and innovation. Particular attention should also be paid to addressing bottleneck moments and structural barriers in young researchers’ careers.

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Policy support to facilitate the implementation of a zero-tolerance approach towards gender-based violence in the ERA

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Code: 25766 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

Gender-based violence (GBV), including sexual harassment, sexual assault and psychological violence, occurs at all career levels of higher education and research and in all disciplines.
With the institutional change approach through gender equality plans, measures to address GBV (e.g., through a code of conduct or a protocol for complaints), are expected to advance among R&I organisations, as they are recommended components of these plans, defined in the Horizon Europe eligibility criteria. However, a more comprehensive and strategic policy coordination is needed to ensure that R&I entities in Member States and Associated Countries are supported in implementing the necessary institutional changes to foster safe and inclusive working environments in academia.

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Experimentation and exchange of good practices for value creation

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Code: 25764 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

To bring existing good practices in knowledge valorisation to support value creation across Europe, we need more experimentation, peer learning and testing of new models as well as trying out good practices in different environments.

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The future of research ethics review in the changing research environments

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Code: 25759 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The overall objective is to identify gaps in practice and formulate proposals to enhance the capabilities of the existing ‘ethics infrastructure’ in Europe.
Support an effective adaptation of the ethics reviews to the evolution of scientific research, notably due to the emergence of new areas of research and new forms of research collaborations.
The emergence of new areas of research and development, including in the areas of gene editing and artificial intelligence, and the shift of research activities and collaborations to the online digital space, challenge the future of research ethics reviews. Ethics should focus on the adherence to values and principles and not be a legal compliance mechanism.

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Building a virtual European Info Platform on Contemporary China

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Code: 25754 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The action funded under this topic will have the objective of networking excellent knowledge nodes supporting the advancement of independent knowledge on contemporary China from across the European Union to build a virtual European Info Platform on contemporary China that will become sustainable beyond the end of the project.

This action seeks to bolster a stronger European understanding of contemporary China and to strengthen European’s capacity to sustain the production of such knowledge that is key to develop excellent EU-China policy-making based on facts, independent and unbiased analyses, and foresight. The action aims to empower the European Union to act coherently and proactively on the international stage preserving an open research and innovation ecosystem while safeguarding European interests and values.

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Support to reforms of research assessment in the European Research Area

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Code: 25746 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

This action aims at supporting the reform of the assessment of research projects, researchers, research units, and research institutions.

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Laying the groundwork towards Europe-wide citizen science campaigns

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Code: 25743 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

Citizen science, involving citizens directly in the development of new knowledge or innovations, is a rapidly emerging mode of research and innovation that can lead to increased quality and effectiveness, e.g., through collecting, processing or analysing new qualities and quantities of data.
The action should identify the most promising citizen science initiatives for transnational upscaling, foster the development of broad societal coalitions around the identified and promising initiatives, and propose how to unlock the necessary funding commitments (e.g., from EU and national programmes and funders, philanthropic, and/or commercial sources) required.

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Exploitation and valorisation of results relevant for the ERA Policy Agenda

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Code: 25736 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

ERA Policy Agenda – actions under Horizon Europe support the transformation and institutional change of universities, research organisations and enterprises. The action will implement a facility to disseminate results widely, facilitate their use, tailor them to the needs of the different communities and build a community of practitioners that support mutual learning and exchange of good practices in institutional change in the spirit of the New ERA. It will furthermore design measures for mutual learning among Member States and stakeholders, with a focus on those ERA Policy Agenda actions where no other configuration support this. It will provide expertise to countries participating in the implementation of an ERA Policy Agenda action to address bottlenecks and increase stakeholder engagement. It will contribute to the building of an ERA community, including, with regular events at European level, and support a coherent approach to communication activities and their branding at national level.

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Development of new approaches to the macroeconomic modelling of research and innovation

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Code: 25734 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The successful proposal will improve the integration of R&I within macro-economic modelling, while at the same time bringing fresh light on the role of R&I to tackle current societal challenges, with a particular focus on the European context.

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A strong European R&I Foresight Community to better inform R&I policy decisions in the European Research Area about potential futures

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Code: 25732 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The objective of this action is to accelerate the development of a European R&I foresight community supporting the development of national R&I foresight communities that are well integrated in national policy systems; and can contribute not only to the design of national reforms and policies but also to the evidence underpinning and the governance of a vibrant European Research Area, which delivers on common priorities and objectives.

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Programme level collaboration between national R&I policy-makers

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Code: 25726 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

Successful proposals should align national and regional research funding programmes on agreed priorities that are common to the countries participating in the action and, where appropriate, implement joint calls for transnational R&I projects as well as other joint calls or other joint activities.

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Research ethics for environmental and climate technologies

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Code: 25721 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

It is necessary to tackle the global environmental risks, protect the world’s scarce resources, and decide on policy priorities. This inevitably raises important ethical questions and dilemmas including some related to the production of scientific knowledge and the development of novel technologies.
actively pursuing the preservation of the environment can, in some cases, lead to tensions between the pure environmental objective and the protection of human rights.

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Piloting communities of expert facilitators to improve industry-academia-public sector co-creation (CSA)

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Code: 25709 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-32 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This action will pilot communities of expert facilitators for increasing knowledge exchange and co-creation between industry, academia and public sector and help matching the supply and demand for innovation. This action will link professionals in industry-academia-public sector collaboration, build communities of expert facilitators for industry-academia co-creation and disseminate best practices and know-how for demand-driven industry-academia collaboration across Europe. This will include training a wider community of expert facilitators in higher education institutions across Europe.

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Novel paradigms and approaches, towards AI-driven autonomous robots (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 25703 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Future robotic systems will be required to autonomously adapt and alter their behaviours to respond to changes in the working environment and adjust to changes in task requirements without direct human supervision.

Achieving next step autonomy in robotics will require greater integration of AI technologies into the physical functioning of robots. This in turn requires AI to operate in real time at pace with the physical motion of the robot. Interpreting the working environment, interacting with complex objects or people and making and updating decision making, all in real time, requires a significant advance from the current state of the art.

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Recycling technologies for critical raw materials from EoL products (IA)

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Code: 25700 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Projects outcomes will enable the increase of access to secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors which will alleviate critical raw materials dependency.
Actions should focus on the whole chain of recycling processes and procedures – from collection, logistics, characterisation, sorting, cleaning, refining and purification of secondary raw materials and quality of produced outputs.

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Boosting industrial symbiosis by standardisation (CSA)

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Code: 25698 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-62 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Proposals are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- Reinforcing the links between standardisation and research and innovation in circular value chains, ensuring that standardisation facilitates cross-sector interoperability at all levels.
- Facilitating the market entry of innovative solutions, which could aid the circularity of resources and zero pollution.
- Identifying the major bottlenecks for standardisation related framework conditions to support industrial symbiosis.
- In order to support the implementation of the ERA Industrial technology roadmap for low carbon technologies, helping the development of agile and green standards to ensure interoperability in the domain of industrial symbiosis.
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Pervasive photonics - multi-technology integration for digital infrastructure, sensors and internet of things (Photonics partnership)(RIA)

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Code: 25684 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-51 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Projects are expected to contribute to some of the following outcomes:
- Improved key metrics for communications (speed, power consumption, density) or for sensing (sensitivity, compactness, power consumption), making photonics ubiquitous in digital systems
- New photonic-enabled sensing functions, not feasible with a technology platform based on a single material, or computing paradigms enabling new systems architectures (e.g. neuromorphic computing)
- Maintaining European technology leadership in the face of strong global competition
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Collaboration with NSF on fundamental research on new concepts for distributed computing and swarm intelligence (CSA)

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Code: 25680 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Proposal are expected to contribute for the support of the structure for the EU-NSF cooperation: networking events, exchange and fellowship programmes, and vision workshops for the academic and industrial computing community, at least one annual EU-US workshop.

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Cognitive Computing Continuum: Intelligence and automation for more efficient data processing (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 25674 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Focus should be on autonomous and AI-enabled management schemes and data processing methods that enable this transition to a compute continuum with strong capacities at the edge and fog/IoT edge in an energy efficient and trustworthy manner.

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Integration of data life cycle, architectures and standards for complex data cycles and/or human factors, language (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 25672 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Proposals should address the entire data life cycle from data generation/collection to the final use and disposal/deletion of data (especially when required by applicable legislation, for example the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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EIT HEI Initiative: Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education

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Code: 25327 | Identifier Code: HEI Call 3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/11/2022 | End submission calls: 28/02/2023

The EIT HEI Initiative: Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education was launched by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and it is part of the 2021-2027 EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda. The EIT HEI Initiative (hereinafter referred to as the “HEI Initiative”) has been designed with the aim of increasing the innovation and entrepreneurial capacity in higher education by bringing together HEIs in innovation value chains and ecosystems across Europe. More specifically, the HEI initiative aims to encourage these institutions to reflect on their own practices and develop concrete actions to increase their impact on their ecosystems.

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ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS

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Code: 24979 | Identifier Code: ERC-2023-POC | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 20/10/2022 | End submission calls: 24/01/2023

The ERC Proof of Concept Grants aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research, by funding further work (i.e. activities which were not scheduled to be funded by the original ERC frontier research grant) to verify the innovation potential of ideas arising from ERC funded projects. Proof of Concept Grants are therefore on offer only to Principal Investigators whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research.

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ERC Science Journalism Initiative

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Code: 24472 | Identifier Code: ERC-2023-SJI-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 15/09/2022 | End submission calls: 15/12/2022

The ERC wishes to support an organisation or a consortium of organisations to set up a funding scheme that would facilitate 3-5-month stays of journalists at research institutions. The purpose is to give the journalists opportunities to learn and work on in-depth reporting projects by immersing themselves in the research environment and interacting with scientists and scholars.

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ERC ADVANCED GRANTS

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Code: 24003 | Identifier Code: ERC-2023-AdG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 23/05/2023

ERC Advanced Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements.

Principal Investigators must demonstrate the groundbreaking nature, ambition, and feasibility of their research proposal.

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ERC Consolidator Grants

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Code: 24000 | Identifier Code: ERC-2023-CoG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 28/09/2022 | End submission calls: 02/02/2023

The ERC Consolidator Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they may still be consolidating their own independent research team or programme.
Principal Investigators must demonstrate the groundbreaking nature, ambition, and feasibility of their research proposal.

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Support to the activities of technology areas of the SET Plan: Action dedicated to energy efficiency in industry

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Code: 23887 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-02-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 24/01/2023

Project results are expected to contribute to both of the following outcomes:
- Consolidation of strong and sustainable networks in the different technology areas covered through the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan and its integrated roadmap.
- Cooperation among ETIPs or similar stakeholders fora, support to existing SET Plan Implementation Plan and advancement towards more interconnected activities, both in terms of contents and implementation mechanisms.
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Efficient and circular artificial photosynthesis

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Code: 23884 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 10/01/2023

The major project results are the following:
- Advance the European scientific basis, leadership and global role in the area of renewable and solar fuels, while creating evidence for policy making;
- Provide solar fuel breakthrough solutions towards a fossil-free economy and ecosystem by bridging solar energy and fuel needs with the potential of high penetration in the energy system, ensuring stability and security of energy supply;
- Develop artificial photosynthesis solutions, which will minimize further downstream processing and increase their scalability and integration within the industrial value chain in respect of circularity.
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Development of digital solutions for existing hydropower operation and maintenance

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Code: 23881 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 10/01/2023

The major project results under this topic will be to:
- Advance the European scientific basis, technology base, technology leadership in the area of hydropower in the context of digital transition and energy markets while creating evidence for policy making;
- Increase the technology competitiveness of the existing hydropower fleet in changing European power markets by increasing hydropower flexibility and decision-making in modern power markets.
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Sustainable and resource-efficient solutions for an open, accessible, inclusive, resilient and low-emission cultural heritage: prevention, monitoring, management, maintenance, and renovation

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Code: 23870 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 24/01/2023

This topic focuses on more sustainable and resource-efficient solutions for an open, accessible, inclusive, resilient and low-emission cultural heritage: prevention, monitoring, management, maintenance, and renovation

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Integrated wind farm control

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Code: 23866 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 10/01/2023

The EU aims to be climate neutral in 2050, and to achieve this goal wind energy technologies will need to unlock its full potential on low-cost reliable clean energy generation. Thus, the next generation of wind farms will need to be supported by an even more innovative set of physical and digital tools as well as operational controls, collectively called wind farm control.

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Efficient and low-emission technologies for industrial use of combustion and gasification systems from low-value biogenic residues and wastes

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Code: 23857 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 10/01/2023

This topic focuses on the efficient and low-emission technologies for industrial use of combustion and gasification systems from low-value biogenic residues and wastes.

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Recycling end of life PV modules

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Code: 23848 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 10/01/2023

PV technology has definite environmental advantages over competing electricity generation technologies, and the PV industry follows a pro-active life-cycle approach to prevent future environmental impact and to sustain these advantages. Recycling is indispensable to avoid the loss of the valuable materials employed to produce photovoltaics and, at the same time, prevent harmful elements, including, for example, heavy metals, to be dispersed into the environment through improper disposal practices.

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Smart-grid ready and smart-network ready buildings, acting as active utility nodes (Built4People)

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Code: 23844 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-02-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 24/01/2023

This topic focuses on the smart-grid ready and smart-network ready buildings, acting as active utility nodes.

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More sustainable buildings with reduced embodied energy / carbon, high life-cycle performance and reduced life-cycle costs (Built4People)

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Code: 23841 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-02-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 24/01/2023

This topic focuses on more sustainable buildings with reduced embodied energy / carbon, high life cycle performance and reduced life cycle costs.

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Innovative components and/or sub-systems for CSP plants and/or concentrating solar thermal installations

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Code: 23838 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 10/01/2023

Concentrating solar thermal technologies supply renewable, dispatchable energy and can be an important element of the evolving energy system.

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Novel Thin Film (TF) technologies targeting high efficiencies

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Code: 23835 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 10/01/2023

Photovoltaic power generation is pivotal in the transition towards a clean energy system and the achievement of the zero-emissions target. To that end, it is important to enhance affordability, security of supply and sustainability of PV technologies along with further efficiency improvements.

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Development of algal and renewable fuels of non-biological origin

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Code: 23831 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 10/01/2023

Renewable fuels of the future will be also based on algae and non-biological feedstock for sectors that depend on and operate with dense fuels. Improving these technologies will contribute to advance the European scientific basis and global technological leadership in the area of renewable fuels, increase their technology competitiveness and role in transforming the energy system on a fossil-free basis by 2050, in particular for hard to electrify sectors like aviation, while supporting the EU goals for energy independence.

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Designs, materials and solutions to improve resilience, preparedness & responsiveness of the built environment for climate adaptation (Built4People)

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Code: 23821 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 24/01/2023

This topic focuses on the designs, materials and solutions to improve resilience, preparedness & responsiveness of the built environment for climate adaptation.

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Solutions for the sustainable, resilient, inclusive and accessible regeneration of neighbourhoods enabling low carbon footprint lifestyles and businesses (Built4People)

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Code: 23792 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 24/01/2023

Τhis topic focuses on the sustainable, resilient, inclusive and accessible regeneration of neighbourhoods enabling low carbon footprint lifestyles and businesses.

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Best international practice for scaling up sustainable biofuels

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Code: 23789 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/09/2022 | End submission calls: 10/01/2023

Proposals will aim at fostering international cooperation to develop best practices and concepts along the entire value chain for accelerating the scale-up of sustainable biofuels worldwide.

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Horizon-EIT

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Code: 23786 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2022-KIC-STARTUP-EITCCI | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 11/08/2022 | End submission calls: 21/09/2022

The objective of the start-up grant is to contribute to setting up a legal and operational framework of the newly designated KIC.

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CASSINI Prize for digital space applications

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Code: 23782 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EUSPA-2022-MARITIME-PRIZE | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 05/07/2022 | End submission calls: 03/05/2023

The objectives of this Prize are:
- to stimulate the development of innovative solutions using EU Space Programme data;
- to solve problems or meet customer needs related to the detection, monitoring and tracking of plastic pollution, such as microplastics, plastic litter as well as of larger plastic items, in rivers, shores and coastal zones and to support its removal in order to support the prevention of ocean pollution;
- to attract dynamic innovators, to mobilise private investment.
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Newcomer Gender Equality Champions

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Code: 23759 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-GENDER-Prize-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/07/2022 | End submission calls: 13/10/2022

The “EU Award for (Academic) Gender Equality Champions” is a Prize scheme meant as a booster and complement to the requirement for higher education and research organisations applying to Horizon Europe to have in place a Gender Equality Plan (GEP), and a tool for advancing inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new ERA policy agenda, as well as an enabler for the transformation agenda for universities set in the new ERA.

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Sustainable Gender Equality Champions

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Code: 23735 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-GENDER-Prize-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/07/2022 | End submission calls: 13/10/2022

The “EU Award for (Academic) Gender Equality Champions” is a Prize scheme meant as a booster and complement to the requirement for higher education and research organisations applying to Horizon Europe to have in place a Gender Equality Plan (GEP), and a tool for advancing inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new ERA policy agenda, as well as an enabler for the transformation agenda for universities set in the new ERA.

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Inclusive Gender Equality Champions

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Code: 23731 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-GENDER-Prize-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/07/2022 | End submission calls: 13/10/2022

The “EU Award for (Academic) Gender Equality Champions” is a Prize scheme meant as a booster and complement to the requirement for higher education and research organisations applying to Horizon Europe to have in place a Gender Equality Plan (GEP), and a tool for advancing inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new ERA policy agenda, as well as an enabler for the transformation agenda for universities set in the new ERA.

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ERC STARTING GRANTS

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Code: 23721 | Identifier Code: ERC-2023-STG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 12/07/2022 | End submission calls: 25/10/2022

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 scientific proposal.

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Fostering balanced brain circulation – ERA Talents

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Code: 23607 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-03-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2022 | End submission calls: 15/11/2022

Through ERA4You, as one of the ERA Policy Actions, the European Commission aims to support and incentivise such transformations, towards a more balanced circulation of talents, both trans-nationally and across sectors. ERA Talents aims to support training and mobility of researchers, innovators, and other research and innovation talents across sectors with a particular focus on widening countries.

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Pan-European network of startup associations to support the integration of Ukrainian tech innovators into European ecosystems and to enhance their operations in Ukraine

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Code: 23584 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-UKRAINIANTECH-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/06/2022 | End submission calls: 07/09/2022

This action supports intermediate organisations such as start-up associations, enterprise support centres, incubators, accelerators, etc., including those that operate at European or trans-national level, to work together to provide urgent support to Ukrainian innovative tech companies

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EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Mid to long term and systems integrated energy storage

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Code: 22825 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 19/10/2022

This Challenge will support proposals from the following technologies and systems for stationary applications:
- mid/long term energy storage for power systems, with technologies such as metal air or redox flow batteries, power to heat to power, chemical bonds, electrochemical/chemical/thermal hybrid solutions, integration of energy carriers and ‘storage to X’ strategies; concepts for centralised or decentralised applications at grid, industrial or district scale level are included, excluding micro and small scale or single building solutions;
- mid/long term thermal energy storage (heating or cooling) at different temperature, such as building integrated and process systems integrated solutions, chemical looping or thermochemical storage, solar thermal energy harvesting and storage, combined storage of thermal and electrical energy as well as other energy vectors, storage systems integrated in cold chains and in industrial processes.
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EIC Pathfinder Challenge: DNA-based digital data storage

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Code: 22821 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 19/10/2022

This EIC Pathfinder Challenge is to explore scalable and reliable high-throughput approaches for using DNA as a general data-storage medium. Solutions would thus need to address the read/write/edit operations of digital data in synthetic DNA, capturing the expected advantages of high density and stability/longevity of this form of data storage. The use of DNA sequences as chassis for non-standard forms of information coding, or of other polymeric substrates and related coding/decoding techniques are also in scope, provided they entail at least similar benefits than stateof-the-art DNA approaches. Proposed techniques should deliver qualitative advances in key parameters such as throughput, DNA-length (well above a few hundred mers), reliability (coupling efficiency), speed and cost. Beyond the usual storage applications, there is also scope for radically different scenarios for such a technology, for instance for data-processing, in-vivo sensing or fingerprinting.

Applications submitted to this Challenge, must pay particular attention to the relevant bio-safety and ethical issues.

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EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Cardiogenomics

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Code: 22817 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 19/10/2022

Companies are therefore increasingly raising funding to support their preclinical CVD programs aimed to develop key molecules that can disrupt signalling pathways that regulate key cardiovascular processes including rhythm, hypertrophy, contractility, and autophagy and others, potentially leading to new therapies for heart failure or other CVD conditions. The overall aim of this Challenge is to pave the way for novel therapies
for major CVD conditions including hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke, aneurysm, cardiomyopathy and certain types of arrhythmias and other conditions, for which no effective treatments are currently available.

The gender dimension in research content should be considered, where relevant.

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EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Towards the Healthcare Continuum: technologies to support a radical shift from episodic to continuous healthcare

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Code: 22814 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 19/10/2022

This call can support innovative technologies ranging from the sensor level up to the system level for effective integration of multimodal data.

Proposals can aim at monitoring a family of conditions or a wider mix of health factors, using the optimal combination of single-point or historic multi-point sensor data and, if appropriate, clinical records, genomic data, etc. to realise maximal performance. Involvement of relevant stakeholders (e.g., clinical experts and patient organizations) from an early stage is recommended. The gender dimension in research content should be considered, where relevant as well as the involvement of relevant stakeholders (e.g. clinical practitioners, patient organisations, etc.) from an early stage.

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EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Carbon dioxide and Nitrogen management and valorisation

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Code: 22812 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 19/10/2022

This Challenge focuses on new biological, chemical, physical routes that integrate the capture and/or recovery of CO2 and N species, storage and their conversion into value added products, and/or net zero commodities, chemicals, fuels and energy vectors. The processes should focus on the use of renewable energy as input to develop carbon negative or net zero systems. Reaching these objectives requires multidisciplinary competencies and cross-sectorial approaches, with a strong focus on circularity and whole life analysis. The research could address in an integrated manner environmental, industrial, agricultural, socio-economic and logistic issues.

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EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Alternative approaches to Quantum Information Processing, Communication, and Sensing

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Code: 22808 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 19/10/2022

The scope of this call is to develop innovative approaches to encoding, manipulating, or storing information in quantum objects, or to exploiting quantum phenomena for information processing, communication, and sensing in a way that differs from the mainstream approaches currently being pursued in quantum research. Proposals should clearly identify the limits of the current quantum information processing paradigms they are trying to improve upon and propose relevant metrics to track progress and demonstrate success or a superior paradigm compared with conventional quantum information processing approaches.

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A culture and creativity driven European innovation ecosystem – a collaborative platform

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Code: 22549 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 21/09/2022

The project should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- The establishment and development of a network of and for the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) in the EU Member States and associated countries, covering the diversity of the CCIs in terms of sectors, countries and company size, with particular attention to small and medium-sized enterprises.
- Well-founded and prioritised recommendations for EU policy on R&I and in other key areas for the CCIs, including to contribute to the 2030 objectives of the European Green Deal, notably in terms of environmental sustainability, while strengthening competitiveness and internationalisation.
- Structurally strengthened cooperation between CCIs across sectorial, geographical and cultural borders, as well as between CCIs and other economic sectors, empowering the CCIs to assume a proactive innovation-driving role, resulting in more innovations with a cultural and creative base.
- European CCIs ready for the green and digital transitions.
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EIT Cross-KIC Shared Services

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Code: 22521 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-25-Cross-KIC-Shared-Services | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

Objective:

Increase of the EIT Community efficiency and effectiveness of operations through development of joint operational activities and consolidation of KICs operational processes to result in a reduction of administrative costs and overheads by pooling resources and joint handling of operational and administrative tasks common to all KICs.

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EIT Cross-KIC Strategic Education

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Code: 22513 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-25-Cross-KIC-Strategic-Education | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

Elevate the impact of the EIT education agenda and the KICs EIT Alumni organisations. Contribute to the Digital Education Action Plan implementation in the scope defined by the policy documents. Disseminate results of the EIT KICs’ education activities through the EIT learning platform.
- EIT Deep Tech Talent for Europe;
- EIT’s contribution to the European Commission Digital Education Action Plan (DEAP);
- Joint EIT community activities in the area of education.
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EIT Digital Business Plan 2023-2024

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Code: 22510 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-24-KIC-EITDIGITAL | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

Objective:
- Relevant and appropriate EIT Digital Business Plan for 2023-2024 implementation of the KIC’s multiannual strategy Strategic, demonstrating its excellence (including objectives and ambition; methodology; financial sustainability), its impact (including KIC’s pathways towards impact; measures to maximise impact – dissemination, exploitation and communication) and its quality and efficiency of the implementation (including work plan and resources at portfolio level; capacity of participants and KIC Partnership as a whole).
- to address EIT Digital’s target societal challenges and Knowledge Triangle Integration (KTI), contributing to achieving the future high-level results and impacts included in the EIT Impact Framework.
- KIC’s objectives/priorities in this Business Plan, describing its objectives using SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound) and why are they pertinent to the KIC Strategic Agenda.
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EIT Health Business Plan 2023-2025

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Code: 22507 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-25-KIC-EITHEALTH | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

Objective:
- Relevant and appropriate EIT Health Business Plan for 2023-2025 implementation of the KIC’s multiannual strategy Strategic, demonstrating its excellence (including objectives and ambition; methodology; financial sustainability), its impact (including KIC’s pathways towards impact; measures to maximise impact – dissemination, exploitation and communication) and its quality and efficiency of the implementation (including work plan and resources at portfolio level; capacity of participants and KIC Partnership as a whole).
- To address EIT Health‘s target societal challenges and Knowledge Triangle Integration (KTI), contributing to achieving the future high-level results and impacts included in the EIT Impact Framework.
- KIC’s objectives/priorities in this Business Plan, describing its objectives using SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound) and why are they pertinent to the KIC Strategic Agenda.
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EIT Thematic Innovations cross-KIC cluster

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Code: 22505 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-25-TI | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

Objective:
- Relevant and appropriate Thematic Innovation proposals for 2023-2025, demonstrating theirs excellence (including objectives and ambition; methodology; cross-KIC relevance, financial sustainability, relevance with objectives of the Strategic Agendas of participating KICs in the consortium), its impact (including KIC’s pathways towards impact; measures to maximise impact – dissemination, exploitation and communication) and its quality and efficiency of the implementation (including work plan and resources; capacity of participants and KIC Partnership as a whole).
- to address societal challenges of participating KICs and demonstrate the Knowledge Triangle Integration (KTI) approach, contributing to achieving the future high-level results and impacts included in the EIT Impact Framework.
- Objectives in the Thematic Innovation proposals should be described according to the SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound) and clearly linked with the Strategic Agendas of participating KICs.
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EIT Cross-KIC Regional Innovation

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Code: 22483 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-25-Cross-KIC-Regional-Innovation | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

Maximise the EIT Community’s impact in the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme area as well as other priority countries and regions.

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EIT Cross-KIC Strategic Outreach

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Code: 22480 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-25-Cross-KIC-Strategic-Outreach | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

The activity should maximise the EIT Community impact, transfer/ outreach the KTI EIT model, and contribute to the KICs financial sustainability through its global presence.

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EIT Cross-KIC Strategic Synergies

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Code: 22476 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-25-Cross-KIC-Strategic-Synergies | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

Objective:
- Elevate the EIT Community impact in key strategic areas and to enhance the strength and visibility of the EIT KICs innovation ecosystem and positioning among key stakeholders.
- Coordination of joint thematic and the key EIT’s strategic agendas according to the EIT SIA 2021-2027 and EU policy priorities, with the participation of the majority of KICs.
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EIT Manufacturing Business Plan 2023-2025

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Code: 22472 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-25-KIC-EITMANUFACTURING | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

Objective:
- Relevant and appropriate EIT Manufacturing Business Plan for 2023-2025 implementation of the KIC’s multiannual strategy Strategic, demonstrating its excellence (including objectives and ambition; methodology; financial sustainability), its impact (including KIC’s pathways towards impact; measures to maximise impact – dissemination, exploitation and communication) and its quality and efficiency of the implementation (including work plan and resources at portfolio level; capacity of participants and KIC Partnership as a whole).
- To address EIT Manufacturing‘s target societal challenges and Knowledge Triangle Integration (KTI), contributing to achieving the future high-level results and impacts included in the EIT Impact Framework.
- KIC’s objectives/priorities in this Business Plan, describing its objectives using SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound) and why are they pertinent to the KIC Strategic Agenda.
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EIT Urban Mobility Business Plan 2023-2025

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Code: 22469 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-25-KIC-EITURBANMOBILITY | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

Objective:
- Relevant and appropriate EIT Urban Mobility Business Plan for 2023-2025 implementation of the KIC’s multiannual strategy Strategic, demonstrating its excellence (including objectives and ambition; methodology; financial sustainability), its impact (including KIC’s pathways towards impact; measures to maximise impact – dissemination, exploitation and communication) and its quality and efficiency of the implementation (including work plan and resources at portfolio level; capacity of participants and KIC Partnership as a whole).
- To address EIT Urban Mobility‘s target societal challenges and Knowledge Triangle Integration (KTI), contributing to achieving the future high-level results and impacts included in the EIT Impact Framework.
- KIC’s objectives/priorities in this Business Plan, describing its objectives using SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound) and why are they pertinent to the KIC Strategic Agenda.
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EIT Cross-KIC Strategic Access to Finance

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Code: 22463 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-25-Cross-KIC-Strategic-ATF | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

Developing synergies of the EIT community with EIC, EIF and EIB to facilitate investments (Access to Finance) for the KICs supported ventures (startups / scaleups) or innovation projects and that contribute to the KICs’ financial sustainability and diversification of revenues from ROI / Equity.

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EIT Food Business Plan 2023-2025

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Code: 22460 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-25-KIC-EITFOOD | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

Objective:
- Relevant and appropriate EIT Food Business Plan for 2023-2025 implementation of the KIC’s multiannual strategy Strategic, demonstrating its excellence (including objectives and ambition; methodology; financial sustainability), its impact (including KIC’s pathways towards impact; measures to maximise impact – dissemination, exploitation and communication) and its quality and efficiency of the implementation (including work plan and resources at portfolio level; capacity of participants and KIC Partnership as a whole).
- To address EIT Food‘s target societal challenges and Knowledge Triangle Integration (KTI), contributing to achieving the future high-level results and impacts included in the EIT Impact Framework.
- KIC’s objectives/priorities in this Business Plan, describing its objectives using SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound) and why are they pertinent to the KIC Strategic Agenda.
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EIT Raw Materials Business Plan 2023-2025

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Code: 22450 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-25-KIC-EITRAWMATERIALS | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

Objective:
- Relevant and appropriate EIT RawMaterials Business Plan for 2023-2025 implementation of the KIC’s multiannual strategy Strategic, demonstrating its excellence (including objectives and ambition; methodology; financial sustainability), its impact (including KIC’s pathways towards impact; measures to maximise impact – dissemination, exploitation and communication) and its quality and efficiency of the implementation (including work plan and resources at portfolio level; capacity of participants and KIC Partnership as a whole).
- To address EIT RawMaterials‘s target societal challenges and Knowledge Triangle Integration (KTI), contributing to achieving the future high-level results and impacts included in the EIT Impact Framework.
- KIC’s objectives/priorities in this Business Plan, describing its objectives using SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound) and why are they pertinent to the KIC Strategic Agenda.
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Higher Education Institutions (HEI) initiative 2023-2025

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Code: 22448 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-2025-HEI | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

To create systemic impact in higher education at the institutional level, by supporting higher education institutions (HEIs) to increase their innovation and entrepreneurial capacity and better integrate into and engage with innovation ecosystems.

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EIT Climate-KIC Business Plan 2023-2024

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Code: 22441 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-24-KIC-EITCLIMATEKIC | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

Objective:
- Relevant and appropriate EIT Climate-KIC Business Plan for 2023-2024 implementation of the KIC’s multiannual strategy Strategic, demonstrating its excellence (including objectives and ambition; methodology; financial sustainability), its impact (including KIC’s pathways towards impact; measures to maximise impact – dissemination, exploitation and communication) and its quality and efficiency of the implementation (including work plan and resources at portfolio level; capacity of participants and KIC Partnership as a whole).
- To address EIT Climate-KIC‘s target societal challenges and Knowledge Triangle Integration (KTI), contributing to achieving the future high-level results and impacts included in the EIT Impact Framework.
- KIC’s objectives/priorities in this Business Plan, describing its objectives using SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound) and why are they pertinent to the KIC Strategic Agenda.
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EIT InnoEnergy Business Plan 2023-2024

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Code: 22433 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2023-24-KIC-EITINNOENERGY | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 28/09/2022

Objective:
- Relevant and appropriate EIT InnoEnergy Business Plan for 2023-2024 implementation of the KIC’s multiannual strategy Strategic, demonstrating its excellence (including objectives and ambition; methodology; financial sustainability), its impact (including KIC’s pathways towards impact; measures to maximise impact – dissemination, exploitation and communication) and its quality and efficiency of the implementation (including work plan and resources at portfolio level; capacity of participants and KIC Partnership as a whole).
- To address EIT InnoEnergy‘s target societal challenges and Knowledge Triangle Integration (KTI), contributing to achieving the future high-level results and impacts included in the EIT Impact Framework.
- KIC’s objectives/priorities in this Business Plan, describing its objectives using SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound) and why are they pertinent to the KIC Strategic Agenda.
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Enhancing synergies between the EIC and Startup Europe

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Code: 22418 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-STARTUPEU-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 17/11/2022

The EIC is seeking to build synergies with the wider European startup ecosystem via a second wave of actions under the Commission’s Startup Europe initiative. The actions will act as a catalyst to fulfil the potential of European startups, in delivering market-ready applications and technology solutions that can contribute to the competitiveness and strategic autonomy of EU industry in key technology areas and value chains.

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Innovations for soil improvement from bio-waste

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Code: 22397 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

Project results should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Enhanced entrepreneurship on circularity and regenerative processes and, in particular, increased number of highly innovative start-ups and industrial hubs developing and
  scaling up soil improvers616 from bio-waste.
- Significant reduction of bio-waste for landfill.
- Improved nutrient recovery from bio-waste for soil improvers production.
- Improved environmental, health and safety performance of soil improvers from biowaste and related production operations, including improved testing methods throughout the entire life cycle.
- New improved and demonstrated products, value chains and services available for soil improvers derived from bio-waste.
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Remediation strategies, methods and financial models for decontamination and reuse of land in urban and rural areas

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Code: 22395 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

This topic will help to progress towards Green Deal objectives, notably the Zero Pollution Strategy. It contributes to the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, in particular to its specific objective 4 “Reduce soil pollution and enhance restoration”.

Project results should contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- Private and public land managers can better prioritise and plan activities and investments for soil restoration and decontamination based on increased knowledge on the state of land and soil pollution.
- Knowledge on technical solutions for soil decontamination and restoration is more widespread and better integrated in a wider sustainable land use and spatial planning
  approach.
- Effective measures for soil restoration are in place and contribute to noticeable improvements in soil health on the medium term as well as to the circular use of land
  and to the achievement of no net land take in the EU by 2050.
- Better insights into origin, fate and hotspots of pollution are made available to support assessments of hazard, exposure and risks from soil pollution.
- MS regions affected by the need for a green transition are supported in their efforts to remediate and reuse contaminated soils such as from former mining sites and benefit from new opportunities for soil use.
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Soil biodiversity and its contribution to ecosystem services

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Code: 22393 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

This topic contributes to the objectives and targets of the EU Soil Strategy which foresees that by 2050, all soils in the EU should be healthy, i.e. are in good chemical, physical and biological conditions, and thus able to continuously provide as many ecosystem services as possible. It also contributes to the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ , in particular to its specific objective 6 “Improve soil structure to enhance habitat quality for soil biota and crops”.

Project results should contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- Significantly improved understanding of ecosystem services related to soil biodiversity as well as of the role of soil biodiversity in the provision of relevant soil functions and ecosystem services.
- Enhanced protection, sustainable management and restoration of soil ecosystems through more targeted (policy) incentives and wide-spread knowledge on sustainable soil management practices and solutions, including a better integration of soil within land use planning and frameworks to evaluate ecosystem services.
- Significantly improved availability of soil biodiversity indicators which support the implementation, assessment and monitoring of policy at large scale (i.e. EU).
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Improving food systems sustainability and soil health with food processing residues

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Code: 22391 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

Project results should contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- Improved management and recycling of food-processing residues (solid and liquid) for increased soil health.
- Reduced discharge of nutrients (i.e., nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) into sewage/natural watercourses and landfills relieving eutrophication in water bodies.
- Empowered interdisciplinary design processes to create soil improvers and to valorise food by-products in food systems (e.g., land managers, industry, SMEs, local authorities, educational institutions and civil society).
- Higher number of co-developed solutions and investments (public and private) in circular bioeconomy projects.
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Citizen science for soil health

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Code: 22388 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

This topic contributes to the implementation of the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, in particular to its specific objective 8 “Increase soil literacy in society across
Member States”.

Project results should contribute to all the following outcomes:
- The public’s awareness of the value of soil is significantly increased.
- Citizens are empowered to take an active role in science and in increasing the knowledge base on soils by monitoring and gathering data on soil biodiversity and becoming more aware of the importance of soils and the soil food web in their daily lives.
- Greater availability of local scale data on soil health. This will expand and complement established soil databases to support critical landscape decisions and policy
  development.
- The EU Soil Observatory scope is enlarged and populated with citizen science data
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Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) for a Living Lab network support structure

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Code: 22384 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

This Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) aims at supporting the effective implementation of the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ (hereafter referred to as the Soil Deal Mission) and in particular its overall goal of setting up a network of 100 living labs and lighthouses by 2030.

The FPA will allow to establish an effective support structure (hereafter referred to as LL support structure) to coordinate and promote activities under the mission’s network of living labs and lighthouses. The LL support structure will cater for the needs of living labs and lighthouses that will be selected through open calls in forthcoming Work Programmes of the Soil Deal Mission (from 2023 onwards).

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Foster soil education across society

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Code: 22382 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

This topic contributes to the implementation of the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, in particular to its specific objective 8 “Increase soil literacy in society across Member States”. It supports the objectives of the European Green Deal, the European Climate Pact and the EU Soil Strategy for 2030. In addition, results obtained under this topic
should contribute to the objectives of the European Education Area, the Education for Climate Coalition and improve the European sustainability competence framework
(GreenComp) to prepare people to face the challenges of a changing climate world.

Project results should contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- teaching programmes and targeted communication, education and engagement materials on soil are more widely available in numerous European languages;
- higher uptake and diffusion of good practices and hands-on activities related to soil education across the EU and Associated Countries;
- soil literacy is more firmly embedded in educational curricula at all levels and supports behavioural change and the adoption of sustainable practices both individually and
  collectively based on a better understanding of the vital importance of soils for human life and planetary health;
- increased awareness of the importance of soil and its functions, as well as of the Mission objectives, amongst pupils, students and professionals across Europe.
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Network on carbon farming for agricultural and forest soils

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Code: 22380 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

This topic supports the implementation of the European Commission Communication on sustainable carbon cycles582 and the upcoming regulatory framework on carbon removals certification583, and thereby contributes to the design and implementation of carbon-farming practices in Europe.

Project results should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Increased knowledge about carbon farming practices through networking and exchange of experiences.
- Enhanced uptake and development of standards for carbon farming in Europe.
- Increased capacities for measuring, monitoring and standardising carbon fluxes, in particular at landscape level through a robust network for data collections.
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Monitoring, reporting and verification of soil carbon and greenhouse gases balance

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Code: 22377 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

This topic supports the implementation of key actions of the European Commission Communication on sustainable carbon cycles and carbon farming and the upcoming regulatory framework on carbon removals certification:

Project results should contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- The relationships between carbon flux dynamics of typical carbon farming practices and its driving factors (ecophysiology of ecosystems) as well as the impact of climate change on soil organic carbon (and as a consequence on soil fertility and food production) are better understood.
- The development of standards to track payment systems for carbon farming and, of methods to consider the maintenance of carbon already stored in soils in carbon farming schemes is enhanced.
- Reduced administrative and financial burden associated with carbon farming management practices.
- Increased stakeholder faith and robustness of standards in voluntary (or other) carbon markets, leading to increased potential for revenue opportunities.
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Integration of biodiversity monitoring data into the Digital Twin Ocean

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Code: 22310 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Identified relevant “sleeping” or inaccessible biodiversity data and establishment of partnerships with data owners to unlock data on marine life, and human activities that
  affect it, through the digital ocean twin;
- Harmonised data, protocols and vocabularies, amongst biodiversity monitoring networks and actors, including citizens science programmes, and national authorities monitoring programmes;
- Secured, sustained and reliable data flows from biodiversity monitoring programmes, including research projects, national and international monitoring programmes, into
  DTO data repositories, from data collectors to data integrators, and their integration/assimilation in existing models;
- Economies of scale and enhanced standardisation through pilot sea-basin scale monitoring for species across the trophic chains (plankton, including microbes, fishes,
  marine mammals, reptiles and birds, other if considered important);
- Tools to better support assessment of multiple human activities pressures on biodiversity through exploring and assessing different modes of operation, different policies
  development and their effect on biodiversity;
- Support to the Mission’s Blue Parks and biodiversity actions in the Mission Lighthouses.
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Towards a European e-DNA library of marine and freshwater species

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Code: 22308 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Contribution to the development of the next generation marine monitoring programmes and mapping initiatives that focus on collecting and analysing environmental DNA-of marine and freshwater species;
- Assessment of all relevant activities, actions and projects that entail collecting and analysing environmental DNA from marine and freshwater species implemented in the
  European Union and in the Associated countries for their synergies;
- Assessment of the feasibility of creation of an integrated European e-DNA library of all marine and freshwater species that would be based on FAIR principles and publicly
  available and support marine biodiversity monitoring programmes and mapping initiatives. Compatibility with the European Marine Observation and Data Network
  (EmodNet) and the future Ocean and Water knowledge system (Digital Twin Ocean) will be part of the assessment;
- Assessment of ongoing international efforts on standards and interoperability of data, methods, techniques, etc.
- Fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of marine genetic resources linked to biodiversity, in line with the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030;
- Promote synergies and harmonisation between projects and initiatives to collect and analyse DNA of marine and freshwater species for their future successful scale up.
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Towards local community-driven business models: regenerative ocean farming

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Code: 22305 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

Projects are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Evidence-based business plans for the development of entrepreneurship and successful local community-driven regenerative ocean farming initiatives;
- Job creation and new skills development;
- Provision of new ecosystem services from marine and coastal ecosystems;
- Preserved local marine and costal ecosystems, biodiversity and genetic diversity;
- Increased resilience of coastal and marine areas to climate change and generation of positive climate change mitigation effects;
- Improved marine and coastal habitats, biodiversity and enhanced conservation capacity;
- Increased knowledge on impact of regenerative ocean farming on local marine and coastal environment conditions.
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Student and school activities for the promotion of education on ‘blue’ sustainability and the protection of marine and freshwater ecosystems

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Code: 22303 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Increased mobilisation and engagement of children and youth in primary and secondary schools across the EU and in the Associated countries in the implementation of Mission objectives;
- Student and school projects implementing the Mission objectives and engaging and mobilising students, teachers and schools in the pursuit of ocean and water literacy,
  sustainability and Mission objectives, that at the same time contribute to the growing Network of European Blue Schools established under the EU4Ocean Coalition for
  Ocean Literacy;
- Increased ocean and water literacy among children and youth, teachers and schools, improved understanding of the value and of ocean and waters and enhanced sense of responsibility among the youth and teachers towards this planet and its boundaries;
- Ramp up accreditation of schools in the Network of European Blue Schools and engagement in their related activities, based on methodologies of Open Schooling,
  engaging with the community and communicating the results of their projects and in the implementation of Mission objectives and bring the ocean and water into the classroom at the EU- and Associated countries level.
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Lighthouse in the Baltic and the North Sea basins – bringing sustainable algae-based products and solutions to the market

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Code: 22301 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Increased market presence and further development of sustainable algae-based solutions and products for various uses and needs (e.g. human consumption, animal feed, pharmaceutical applications, waste-water treatment, innovative, circular and sustainable textiles applications or applications for agriculture);
- Enhanced knowledge base on algae-based solutions and products expected to reach European markets in the short to medium term;
- Enhanced public awareness and understanding of consumer acceptance issues of new algae based products:
- Identified and reduced market-entry barriers and barriers to uptake and scale up innovative and sustainable algae-based solutions and products
- Expansion and integration of innovative and circular industrial ecosystems and industrial clusters by bringing innovative and sustainable algae-based solutions and products to the market, integrating and linking up actors throughout the value chain to explore synergies.
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Mediterranean sea basin lighthouse - Actions to prevent, minimise and remediate chemical pollution

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Code: 22299 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Innovative, reproducible solutions to reduce and remediate pollution from chemicals (such as mercury, persistent organic pollutants, plant protection products (pesticides, biocides), per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances – PFAFs, antifoulants as well as other chemical pollutants) 332 in the Mediterranean Sea basin in line with the target of
  reduction by at least 50% of the use and risk of chemical pesticides and to the objectives of the EU Zero Pollution Action Plan and the Convention for the protection of the
  Mediterranean sea against pollution and the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability;
- Accelerated uptake of innovative solutions to prevent and minimize chemical pollution;
- Effective monitoring of chemical pollution in line with existing methodologies under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive[333] and under the Water Framework Directive;
- Support Water Framework Directive and Marine Strategy Framework Directive implementation, which provide indicators and mechanism for assessments and measures
  to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) and Good Chemical Status;
- Contribution to the Mission’s Digital Ocean and Water Knowledge system through marine observations and open data and knowledge sharing;
- Empowered citizens taking action against pollution.
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Transformation of regional economic systems for climate resilience and sustainability

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Code: 22297 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-CLIMA-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

Projects results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Relevant economic sectors affected by climate change are transformed and ready to face the future anticipated climate changes risks;
- An increased and improved range of c limate-resilient business models, value chains, and re-skilling opportunities (including training capabilities) are understood, socially
  acceptable and made available to all regions and communities;
- An increased capacity of local businesses, social partnerns and industries for sustainable coping with climate change;
- An increased capacity of national, regional and/or local governments, consumers organizations and other social partners, industries and businesses in empowering consumers to make informed choices and play active roles in transition to climate resilience;
- A better understanding of mechanisms that would drive transformation of the economic systems thanks to innovation, intended not only as technical innovation but also
  including social and user-driven innovation.
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Boost the sponge function of landscape as a way to improve climate-resilience to water management challenges

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Code: 22295 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-CLIMA-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Best available and improved or new solutions to improve sponge function of soil, ground water and surface water systems are used and/or made available to all regions and
  communities across EU for replication.
- Solutions for improving climate-resilience to extreme events have been developed, tested and brought closer to the market.
- Regions and communities have been actively engaged and involved in development and testing of a transformative solutions for climate resilience building.
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Best practices on and piloting insurance solutions for climate adaptation in EU regions and communities

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Code: 22292 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-CLIMA-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

Expected Outcome: Projects are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- A set of weather and climate risk insurance products to be used or replicated across EU regions and communities.
- Mechanisms to record, collect and share climate-related risk and losses data integrated within the Risk Data Hub 102, the Copernicus services, and other initiatives.
- Guidance on insurance pricing that reflect risks reduction measures, and to ensure affordable insurance cover.
- Trial innovative risk transfer solutions to deal with climate-induced risk, including parametric insurance and insurance of nature-based solutions.
- Advance public sector modernization when it comes to the demand for insurance solutions for climate adaptation.
- Open up opportunities in the insurance market for cutting edge risk transfer solutions.
- Reinforced policy frameworks to facilitate the allocation of substantial additional national and regional budgets to increase the penetration in the EU of insurance solutions to deal with climate-induced risks.
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Establishing of national cancer mission hubs and creation of network to support the Mission on Cancer

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Code: 22287 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-CANCER-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 24/05/2022 | End submission calls: 07/09/2022

The integration of the Mission on Cancer with activities at national, regional and where relevant at local level will be of utmost important to ensure its success.
Taking into account the differences of national health and research and innovation systems, the coordination and support of cancer mission-related activities at national, regional and where relevant at local level are essential in this regard. At the same time, synergies with actions under Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan need to be generated.

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Towards the creation of a European Cancer Patient Digital Centre

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Code: 22284 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-CANCER-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 24/05/2022 | End submission calls: 07/09/2022

The overall goal of the Mission on Cancer and the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan includes a better quality of life for patients and their families living with, and after, cancer.
Project results will support the creation of a virtual European Cancer Patient Digital Centre (ECPDC), which is a federated network of patient controlled (national) health data infrastructures enabling the voluntary exchange of patients and survivors’ health data in a standardised approach, for primary and secondary use.

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Pragmatic clinical trials to optimise treatments for patients with refractory cancers

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Code: 22281 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-CANCER-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 24/05/2022 | End submission calls: 07/09/2022

While cancer research and innovation have generated novel treatment options, cancer patients across Europe need access to more effective and patient-centred interventions which keep up with increasing demands in a complex and fragmented oncology healthcare landscape with spiralling healthcare costs.

Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic with its detrimental impact on cancer control has demonstrated the need for different clinical trial designs with fewer inclusion and exclusion criteria that would allow evaluation of real-world effectiveness driving better and more affordable treatment solutions that are widely accessible across EU regions, Member States and Associated Countries.

Pragmatic clinical trials focus on choosing between care options. Pragmatic trials evaluate effectiveness, the effect of treatment in routine (real-world) clinical practice. Some examples include treatment versus active surveillance in patient management, combination of treatment interventions, determination of optimal dose and dose schedule, de-escalation of treatment intervention, comparative effectiveness of different treatment interventions.

Proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that direct, tailor towards and contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Cancer patients and their caregivers will have access to optimised and affordable treatment interventions that increase their quality of life, across EU regions, Member States and Associated Countries;
- Healthcare professionals and academia will generate clinical evidence, by evaluating effectiveness in randomised or cluster-randomised academic investigator-initiated pragmatic clinical trials, how to best perform and deploy evidence-based treatment interventions that improve outcomes in real life for routine healthcare, including quality of life, for cancer patients who often present with co-morbidities;
- National healthcare providers, policymakers and authorities in EU Regions, Member States and Associated Countries will have the evidence to implement optimised and affordable treatments in their healthcare systems, including in everyday medical practice.
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Strengthening research capacities of Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures

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Code: 22279 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-CANCER-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 24/05/2022 | End submission calls: 07/09/2022

The Mission Board of the EU Mission on Cancer has defined Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures as ‘national or regional infrastructures that provide resources and services to support, improve and integrate cancer care, research, training of care professionals and education for cancer patients, survivors and families/carers.’

Today, the level of development of Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures and their capacities, such as their digital, research and innovation-related capacities, vary considerably across Member States and Associated Countries, leading to inequalities, in particular in terms of research, quality and access to care.

The Horizon Europe Mission on Cancer will complement the set-up across Member States and several Associated Countries of an EU network of Comprehensive Cancer Centres that will be established through the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan by 2025. The Mission aims to achieve the target of ensuring that 90% of eligible cancer patients have access to Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures by 2030. In that context, this topic should set up, across Member States and several Associated Countries, a capacity-building programme for countries of the EU network of Comprehensive Cancer Centres to be established through the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan^[1], to support them in improving or developing their existing or future Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures, focussing on developing their digital, research & innovation-related capacities and their integration with cancer care.

Proposals under this topic should aim at delivering results that are directed at and contributing to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Research and health policy makers will benefit from support to further develop or set up Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures, leading to improvement in terms of research and access to care;
- Research and healthcare professionals will benefit from a better integration between research and care;
- Researchers will benefit from innovative infrastructures to perform research and participate in studies;
- Citizens, including patients and their caregivers will have enhanced access to screening, diagnostics and treatments, improved care pathways and more integrated care. Their involvement and participation to clinical trials will be facilitated.
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Improving and upscaling primary prevention of cancer through implementation research

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Code: 22260 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-CANCER-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 24/05/2022 | End submission calls: 07/09/2022

For an increasing number of cancer indications potential mechanisms and means to prevent the onset of cancer have been identified. However, with cancer incidence steadily increasing across all age groups, parts of society, European Member States, Associated Countries and elsewhere, decisive action on primary prevention should be stepped up and made a collective responsibility. Implementing and upscaling of primary cancer-centred prevention programmes would contribute to achieving this goal.

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Creating a transnational network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for EU Missions

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Code: 22253 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-NCP-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to all the expected impacts of all destinations of the Missions Work Programme.

To that end, proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that are directed towards and contributing to all of the following expected outcomes:
- An improved and professionalised NCP service across Europe, thereby helping simplify access to EU Missions calls, lowering the entry barriers for newcomers, and raising the average quality of proposals submitted.
- A more consistent level of NCP support services across Europe.
- Mobilising expertise from across all of the clusters, as well as from the other pillars of Horizon (a whole of programme approach) and into other policy areas thus reflecting the ‘beyond R&I’ nature of the missions, as well as outreach activities to the most relevant national and regional networks that support dissemination of other major EU funding programmes and support EU-wide engagement of major relevant EU policy actions.
- Triggering societal transformations by encouraging applicants to enhance citizen engagement and actions widely relevant to society.
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ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS

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Code: 22251 | Identifier Code: ERC-2022-POC2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 16/11/2021 | End submission calls: 29/09/2022

The ERC Proof of Concept Grants aim to maximise the value of the excellent research that the ERC funds, by funding further work (i.e. activities which were not scheduled to be funded by the original ERC frontier research grant) to verify the innovation potential of ideas arising from ERC funded projects. Proof of Concept Grants are therefore on offer only to Principal Investigators whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research.

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Building the mission's knowledge repository and advancing the European Soil Observatory

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Code: 21768 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

Data and knowledge on soils are widely distributed and generally not sufficiently structured, which hampers their discovery and usability. A particular difficulty is the integration of outputs and results from research projects that would support a holistic understanding of soil health challenges and potential solutions or allow for the re-use of available knowledge and data for various purposes (e.g. follow-up research, practical applications).

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A European Social Innovation Catalyst Fund to Advance EU Mission Objectives by Replicating and Scaling-up Existing, Demonstrably Successful Social Innovations

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Code: 21761 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOCIALCAT-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 21/09/2022

The call targets
- for the consortium that will manage the project, a diverse assemblages of actors of social innovation, i.e., public authorities, academia, business, citizens and citizens’ organizations;
- for the creation of the fund, national research and innovation funding agencies, philanthropists, and other public or private investors; and
- for the replication of social innovations, as beneficiaries of third party financing through open calls, social innovators, social enterprises, companies working for reaching social impact and/or with a specific consideration of social impact, etc.
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Testing and demonstrating transformative solutions on climate resilience, mainstreaming nature based solutions in the systemic transformation

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Code: 21759 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-CLIMA-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

The proposal should develop and test innovative solutions, combining technological and social innovation, leading to an increase of the resilience and adaptation capacity to climate change in the involved regions and communities, assuring that nature based solutions are explored as priority and at the very heart of the development whenever possible.

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Marine litter and pollution – Smart and low environmental impact fishing gears

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Code: 21754 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

Proposals under this topic are expected to identify a set of suitable innovative smart and sustainable solutions to be tested, validated and demonstrated in real conditions, to address negative impacts of fishing gears on marine life and habitats and promote long-term sustainability in our ocean and seas.

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Danube river basin lighthouse – Protection and restoration of wetlands, flood plains, coastal wetlands and salt marshes and their biodiversity

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Code: 21752 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

The proposals will focus on demonstration of active and passive restoration of wetlands, flood plains, coastal wetlands such as salt marshes including in the transitional waters of the Danube river delta at a large scale.

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Prevent and eliminate litter, plastics and microplastics: Innovative solutions for waste-free European rivers

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Code: 21749 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

In line with the EU Towards Zero Pollution Action Plan for Air, Water and Soil, proposals should demonstrate scalable breakthrough innovations (technological, business, social and governance) to prevent and minimize pollution from litter, plastics and microplastics in European rivers.

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European Blue Parks – Protection and restoration solutions for degraded coastal and marine habitats

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Code: 21738 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

Proposals under this topic will address the degradation of coastal and marine habitats, including degraded seabed habitats and will develop and demonstrate protection and restoration solutions to upgrade and enhance the EU’s blue natural capital.
Innovation actions have to show the potential to be up-scaled and reproduced at European level and beyond.

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Unlocking of financial resources for investments into climate resilience

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Code: 21690 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-CLIMA-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

This topic is expected to support regions and communities participating in the Mission with developing investment strategies, including identifying, innovating and, to the extent possible testing, solutions that help to mobilise financing and resources, throughout their transformational journey to climate resilience.

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User driven applications and tools for regional and local authorities, and other end users focusing on climate impacts, data and knowledge.

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Code: 21686 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-CLIMA-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

The successful proposal will develop new technologies addressing access to key climate data and information services; such technologies will use improved user-defined and user-friendly tools tailored to regional and community level applications for adaptation to climate change able to build climate resilience in all sectors/services involved; the focus will be on case-specific climatological and physical conditions critical for the areas mentioned in the Mission Implementation Plan.

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Network for innovative solutions for the future of democracy

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Code: 21682 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 21/09/2022

The goal is to establish a network of researchers in democracy together with practitioners of civic participation and deliberation and of citizenship education across Europe, bringing together a critical mass of such actors in Europe, from Member States and Associated Countries representing the different parts of Europe with their diverse policy contexts, challenges as well as historical and cultural backgrounds.

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Knowledge platform and network for social impact assessment of green transition policies

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Code: 21656 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/05/2022 | End submission calls: 21/09/2022

Fairness is one of the key objectives of the European Green Deal, as well as a precondition for the green transition to gather the necessary support from businesses and citizens. Yet, there is a lack of common culture, practices, and agreed indicators or methodologies on how to best assess the social and distributional impacts of the transition (including on disadvantaged groups). To address this, the Commission recently put forward a proposal for a Council Recommendation addressing the social and labour aspects of a just transition towards climate neutrality, accompanying the Fit for 55 package.

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The European Social Innovation Impact Prize 2022

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Code: 21269 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-SocialInnovationImpactPrize | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/04/2022 | End submission calls: 24/05/2022

The European Social Innovation Impact Prize 2022 aims at recognizing the efforts made by the semi-finalists of the European Social innovation competition challenge prize 2021 edition to evolve their original applications, develop the best impact methodology, and demonstrate the best results among all participants.

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The European Social Innovation Challenge Prize 2022

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Code: 20815 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-SocialInnovationChallengePrize | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 31/03/2022 | End submission calls: 17/05/2022

The European Social Innovation Competition- the Challenge Prize 2022 will focus on ‘the future of living, innovation for affordable, and sustainable housing districts’.

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Facing Societal Challenges category

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Code: 20243 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-InnovationProcurementAwardsPrize2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/03/2022 | End submission calls: 22/06/2022

The European Innovation Procurement Awards aim to recognise public and private buyers, natural persons and those legal entities supporting these practices across Europe in their efforts to promote and stimulate innovation procurement and the innovative ways the solutions are procured. The Awards also aims to demonstrate how innovation procurement positively transforms the economy by not only creating new and sustainable markets, but also by tackling societal challenges such as climate change.

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Procurement Leadership category

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Code: 20241 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-InnovationProcurementAwardsPrize3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/03/2022 | End submission calls: 22/06/2022

The European Innovation Procurement Awards aim to recognise public and private buyers, natural persons and those legal entities supporting these practices across Europe in their efforts to promote and stimulate innovation procurement and the innovative ways the solutions are procured. The Awards also aims to demonstrate how innovation procurement positively transforms the economy by not only creating new and sustainable markets, but also by tackling societal challenges such as climate change.

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Innovation Procurement Strategy category

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Code: 20238 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-InnovationProcurementAwardsPrize1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/03/2022 | End submission calls: 22/06/2022

The European Innovation Procurement Awards aim to recognise public and private buyers, natural persons and those legal entities supporting these practices across Europe in their efforts to promote and stimulate innovation procurement and the innovative ways the solutions are procured. The Awards also aims to demonstrate how innovation procurement positively transforms the economy by not only creating new and sustainable markets, but also by tackling societal challenges such as climate change.

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EU Prize for Rising Innovators

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Code: 20215 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-RisingInnovatorsPrize | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/03/2022 | End submission calls: 18/08/2022

The EU Prize for Women Innovators celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind game-changing innovations. In doing so, the EU seeks to raise awareness of the need for more women innovators and create role models for women and girls everywhere.
The Prize is awarded to the women who have created the largest impact on the EU innovation ecosystem by transforming ideas into new and advanced products and services to benefit people and planet.

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EU Prize for Women Innovators

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Code: 20212 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-WomenInnovatorsPrize | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/03/2022 | End submission calls: 18/08/2022

The EU Prize for Women Innovators celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind game-changing innovations. In doing so, the EU seeks to raise awareness of the need for more women innovators and create role models for women and girls everywhere.
The Prize is awarded to the women who have created the largest impact on the EU innovation ecosystem by transforming ideas into new and advanced products and services to benefit people and planet.

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EIC Pathfinder Open 2022

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Code: 20189 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/03/2022 | End submission calls: 04/05/2022

The EIC Pathfinder Open is under the Innovation Council’s program and supports the development of the first phase of such future technologies (eg various activities at low Readiness Levels 1-4), based on pioneering science research on high-risk technology / high profit (including “deep-tech”).

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Creating communities, stakeholder engagement and impact from EIC portfolios

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Code: 19792 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-COMMUNITIES-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 05/04/2022 | End submission calls: 08/09/2022

This action aims to raise the visibility and impact of EIC portfolios of projects through novel and creative approaches for:
- stimulating synergies, inter-disciplinary exchanges and serendipitous effects among the projects in a thematic portfolio;
- building broader, diverse and gender-inclusive communities around each portfolio, well beyond the beneficiaries of the portfolio projects as such; and
- reaching out to relevant stakeholders that can further enhance the portfolio’s impacts.
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Pilot European innovation gender and diversity index

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Code: 19786 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-GENDER-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 05/04/2022 | End submission calls: 08/09/2022

In order to improve the availability of all talent, and particularly female talent, to the EIC portfolio of projects and companies and the EU innovation eco-system, and following the recommendations of the ScaleUp Europe report, the EIC seeks the development of an innovation gender and diversity index, providing consistent information to the EIC, other investors and funding bodies, market actors and policy makers across Europe.

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Nature-based Solutions integrated to protect local infrastructure

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Code: 19780 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-INFRA-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

The aim of the topic is to expand the knowledge on Nature-based Solutions (NBS) and their ability to enhance infrastructure resilience in cities and urban areas against natural and man-made hazards. Thus complementing other traditional security measures.

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Autonomous systems used for infrastructure protection

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Code: 19740 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-INFRA-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

The increasing interconnectivity of infrastructures has also led to bigger complexity in regards to the detection and response to incidents and certain technologies can be misused to conduct attacks or targeted disruptions of infrastructures. It could however also be relevant for possible incidents with land- or sea borne devices approaching at very high speed. In order to allow for the best possible detection of threats and quick response and restoration of performance levels (e. g. through decontamination of the affected material/person; detection as well as mitigation of a risk), autonomous systems for infrastructure protection are a promising field of research.

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Increased foresight capacity for security

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Code: 19737 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-SSRI-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Building on existing technology and research landscaping mechanisms (and possibly tailoring them to the specificities of the civil security domain), applicants are invited to submit proposals for the development and operationalisation of a foresight framework for security including advanced tools, methods, techniques and processes. Such framework should be accompanied by a solid scientific model that connects future technologies with their future use. Applicants must show a good understanding of the context where security research and capacity building programming takes place (mostly at EU level), of who are the main actors involved and of what are their needs in terms of foresight.

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Stronger grounds for pre-commercial procurement of innovative security technologies

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Code: 19734 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-SSRI-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

End-users and public procurers from several countries are invited to submit proposals for a preparatory action that should build the grounds of a future Pre-Commercial Procurement action. Both this preparatory action and the future PCP action will be oriented to the acquisition of R&D services for the development of innovative technologies, systems, tools or techniques to enhance border security, to fight against crime and terrorism, to protect infrastructure and public spaces, or to make societies more resilient against natural or man-made disasters.

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Effective fight against illicit drugs production and trafficking

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Code: 19730 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Drug trafficking and drug production are the most profitable criminal activity of organised crime groups active in Europe. There is a need for a comprehensive complete intelligence picture of this type of crime.

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OPEN TOPIC

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Code: 19727 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-BM-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions within this Destination that are not covered by the other topics, in either of Call Border Management 2021 and Call Border Management 2022.

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The European Capital of Innovation Awards: (European Rising Innovative City category)

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Code: 19724 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-iCapitalPrize-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 03/03/2022 | End submission calls: 30/06/2022

The European Capital of Innovation Awards will recognize the cities’ role as catalysers of the local innovation ecosystem and will stimulate new activities aimed at boosting game-changing innovation.

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The European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital): (European Capital of Innovation category)

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Code: 19719 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-iCapitalPrize-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 03/03/2022 | End submission calls: 30/06/2022

The European Capital of Innovation Awards will recognize the cities’ role as catalysers of the local innovation ecosystem and will stimulate new activities aimed at boosting game-changing innovation.

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Enhanced security of, and combating the frauds on, identity management and identity and travel documents

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Code: 19706 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-BM-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Research will build capabilities to prevent, detect and respond to challenges to the security and reliability of identity management and identity and travel documents, in the context of border and police checks. Research should also address solutions for integrated secure identity creation, protection and management in the context of future increasingly “digitalised” borders; and contribute to improve the performance and the comfort of the border and police checks experience for both security authorities’ operators and the users.

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Improved underwater detection and control capabilities to protect maritime areas and sea harbours

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Code: 19702 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-BM-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Projects are expected to contribute to some or all of the following expected outcomes:
- Improved security of maritime infrastructures and maritime transport, including sea harbours and their entrance routes;
- Improved detection of illicit and dangerous goods and/or of threats hidden below the water surface, either threatening infrastructures or vessels, or moving alone or connected to vessels.
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Improved monitoring of threats, intrusion detection and response in complex and heterogeneous digital systems and infrastructures

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Code: 19696 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-CS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Digital infrastructures together with their connected devices are characterised by complex interdependencies involving various physical and logical layers and connecting a wide range of legacy IT solutions and innovative technologies. Their availability, controlled performance and reliability need to be guaranteed at every moment serving the needs, sometimes critical and safety-related e.g. in transportation, energy, healthcare, of millions of citizens, enterprises and society. Therefore, they need to be protected in real-time against ever-evolving cybersecurity threats.

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Trustworthy methodologies, tools and data security “by design” for dynamic testing of potentially vulnerable, insecure hardware and software components

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Code: 19694 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-CS-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Trustworthy methodologies and tools for advanced analysis and verification, and dynamic testing of potentially vulnerable, insecure hardware and software components calls for good practices for system security, with a particular focus on software development tools, IT security metric and guidelines for secure products and services throughout their lifetime. A holistic methodology is needed, integrating runtime methods for monitoring and enforcement as well as design-time methods for static analysis and programme synthesis, which allows for the construction of secure systems with the strongest possible formal guarantees.

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Transition towards Quantum-Resistant Cryptography

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Code: 19691 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-CS-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Opportunities in quantum technologies should be seized.
The digital data/products/systems that derive their security ultimately from the abovementioned primitives will be compromised and must be upgraded -including their replacement when needed- to quantum-resistant cryptography. Many companies and governments cannot afford to have their protected communications/data decrypted in the future. There is a need to advance in the transition to quantum-resistant cryptography.

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Development and validation of processes and tools used for agile certification of ICT products, ICT services and ICT processes

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Code: 19684 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-CS-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

The actions should aim at improving certification processes, tools, evidence presentation and assurance statements, at least in quantifiable terms, where relevant by relying on a suitable IT security metric and should complement or aid other certifications relevant in other sectors or risk scenarios.

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EIC Transition Challenge: Process and system integration of clean energy technologies

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Code: 19644 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-TRANSITIONCHALLENGES-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/03/2022 | End submission calls: 04/05/2022

EIC Transition aims at maturing both your technology and business idea thus increasing its technology and market readiness. The expected outcomes of an EIC Transition project are
a) a technology that is demonstrated to be effective for its intended application and
b) a business model, its initial validation and a business plan for its development to market. It is also expected that the intellectual property generated by the EIC Transition project is formally protected in an adequate way.

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EIC Transition Challenge: Green digital devices for the future

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Code: 19642 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-TRANSITIONCHALLENGES-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/03/2022 | End submission calls: 04/05/2022

EIC Transition aims at maturing both your technology and business idea thus increasing its technology and market readiness. The expected outcomes of an EIC Transition project are
a) a technology that is demonstrated to be effective for its intended application and
b) a business model, its initial validation and a business plan for its development to market. It is also expected that the intellectual property generated by the EIC Transition project is formally protected in an adequate way.

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EIC Transition Open 2022

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Code: 19638 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-TRANSITIONOPEN-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/03/2022 | End submission calls: 04/05/2022

EIC Transition aims at maturing both your technology and business idea thus increasing its technology and market readiness. The expected outcomes of an EIC Transition project are
a) a technology that is demonstrated to be effective for its intended application and
b) a business model, its initial validation and a business plan for its development to market. It is also expected that the intellectual property generated by the EIC Transition project is formally protected in an adequate way.

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EIC Transition Challenge: RNA-based therapies and diagnostics for complex or rare genetic diseases

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Code: 19634 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-TRANSITIONCHALLENGES-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/03/2022 | End submission calls: 04/05/2022

EIC Transition aims at maturing both your technology and business idea thus increasing its technology and market readiness. The expected outcomes of an EIC Transition project are
a) a technology that is demonstrated to be effective for its intended application and
b) a business model, its initial validation and a business plan for its development to market. It is also expected that the intellectual property generated by the EIC Transition project is formally protected in an adequate way.

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OPEN TOPIC

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Code: 19623 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-BM-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions within this Destination that are not covered by the other topics, in either Call Border Management 2021 and Call Border Management 2022.

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Better, more portable and quicker analysis and detection for customs

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Code: 19611 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-BM-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Research will further develop capabilities for portable and quicker testing, analysis and detection of threats at customs checks sites. Example of target substances include drugs, with a focus on new psychoactive substances, but also gems or precious metals and other threats or illicit goods. These capabilities would allow customs to deploy detection capacity where and when more appropriate and efficient and to carry out inspections “on the move” and more quickly.

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Better understanding of citizens’ behavioural and psychological reactions in the event of a disaster or crisis situation

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Code: 19607 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-DRS-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

It is necessary to better investigate how historical, cultural and emotional factors (e.g. anxiety, panic etc.) during a disaster or a crisis influence rational actions, evaluations of options and information seeking. In addition, the impact of disasters on health also requires looking into the short and long-term consequences of exposure to high stress/threat levels bears, in particular for mental health.

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Improved impact forecasting and early warning systems supporting the rapid deployment of first responders in vulnerable areas

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Code: 19604 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-DRS-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Enhanced risk and crisis assessment and preparedness to natural hazards rely on tools using different types of data, information and forecasts (e.g. meteorological data, physical data related to geohazards and climate projections etc.) which may enable to anticipate the occurrence of disasters. The aim would be to design EU-wide decision-support and information systems supporting planning authorities and civil protection agencies in the rapid deployment of first responders and communication to citizens in vulnerable areas in the case of extreme climate events or geological disasters.

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Improved quality assurance / quality control of data used in decision-making related to risk management of natural hazards, accidents and CBRN events

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Code: 19602 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-DRS-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Risk management of natural hazards and CBRN-E events closely rely on available data, taking into account uncertainties brought on by climate change and Earth dynamics. The soundness of decisions is based on quality data, which justifies that continuous efforts are made to improve their quality assurance / quality control, in particular in the natural hazards area as well as in the CBRN-E area. In many instances, measurement data used in decision-making are rarely challenged in the areas of crisis management and/or mechanisms are still underdeveloped to systematically demonstrate their quality (e.g. in the case of substances of criminal nature such as biological toxins).

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Improved disaster risk pricing assessment

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Code: 19598 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-DRS-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Project results are expected to contribute the following expected outcomes:
- Contribute to the public accessibility of fiscal data and information related to disaster risks, and available risk transfer mechanisms such as insurance in an easily available and understandable way.
- EU-wide or international standard or guidance on how to monetise and account intangible values from Climate Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction measures
- Innovative financial instruments and IT-solutions to reduce transaction costs for disaster risk finance and insurance products
- Research and testing of novel European, cross-border, national and regional disaster risk financing frameworks. This needs to involve a wide range of stakeholders (e.g. disaster risk management, finance, communication) from public and private sectors.
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Enhanced capacities of first responders more efficient rescue operations, including decontamination of infrastructures in the case of a CBRN-E event

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Code: 19259 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-DRS-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Analysis on if and how the specific requirements of operating under CBRN-E conditions can be taken into consideration also for teams/capacities that are traditionally not operating under CBRN-E conditions (e. g. search and rescue, medical care, shelter, firefighting, flood rescue, etc.).
- Development of innovative technologies and/or operating procedures for emergency management units that might need to work under CBRN-E (Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives) conditions such as search and rescue (including victim triage procedures), medical care, shelter, firefighting, flood rescue, etc.
- Develop innovative technology and procedures for mass decontamination but also for the decontamination of inanimate material (infrastructure, buildings, vehicles, equipment).
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Improved crime scene investigations related to transfer, persistence and background abundance

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Code: 19255 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Police Authorities deal with a growing complexity of crime scenes containing various types of trace evidence items that can also present safety hazards for the forensic experts and crime scene investigators. There is a need to improve these processes and make them more accurate, effective and sensitive in such a complex scenario, by employing modern approaches, for instance (but not limited to) nanotechnology, next generation sequencing or Artificial Intelligence. Also there is a need to modernise forensic science for the professionalisation of crime scene investigations.

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Improved international cooperation addressing first responder capability gaps

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Code: 19252 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-DRS-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Projects’ results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- Improved real-time detection, tracking and analysis of different situations, incidents and risks
- More targeted actionable intelligence and more efficient command operations due to the fast analysis of different information sources
- Enhanced European and global interoperability for different types of first responders (e.g. firefighters, medical responders, police, civil protection)
- Availability of first responder solutions that are oriented on internationally defined requirements and recognised practices, and thus can be used with different national systems and equipment
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Enhanced situational awareness and preparedness of first responders and improved capacities to minimise time-to-react in urban areas in the case of CBRN-E-related events

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Code: 19239 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-DRS-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Addressing first responders’ needs requires innovative actions resulting in technological, institutional and capacity-building solutions that are tailored to the risks, affordable, accepted by citizens, and customised and implemented for the (cross-sectoral) needs of practitioners. Innovative solutions are required to enable first responders to get a faster overview of any disaster situation based on the knowledge of past events and prevention actions.

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Enhanced citizen preparedness in the event of a disaster or crisis-related emergency

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Code: 19236 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-DRS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Improving societal resilience to disasters or crises relies on various features related to preparedness of citizens, communities, education systems, public administrations, business companies and practitioners. Individual, public and multi-level actions are needed in disaster risk management and they have huge implications on potentially reducing losses and increasing the operational capacity of responders, along with significant impacts on the emergency planning and management phases and its relation to continuous operations and existing safety management.

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Enhanced preparedness and management of High-Impact Low-Probability or unexpected events

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Code: 19224 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-DRS-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

The risk landscape has changed significantly over the last decades. With new and emerging risks and risk magnifiers such as climate change, cyber threats, infectious diseases and terrorism, countries need to anticipate and prepare for the unexpected and difficult to predict. High-impact, low-probability risks (HILP/Hi-Lo) can be understood as “events or occurrences that cannot easily be anticipated, arise randomly and unexpectedly, and have immediate effects and significant impacts”.

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Better understanding the influence of organisational cultures and human interactions in the forensic context as well as a common lexicon

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Code: 19166 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- Increased European common forensic investigation capabilities and cross-border exchanges thanks to a better understanding of main organisational cultures and of human interactions in the forensic context, and of the main causes of biases in interpretation and reasoning;
- Strengthened bridges between different actors in an investigative process through an improved non-ambiguous communication and enhanced communication mechanisms at all levels;
- Improved European common forensics investigation capabilities and cross-border exchanges thanks to a common, modern lexicon that is used by forensic institutes and Police Authorities, validated against practitioners’ needs and requirements, to facilitate their (specialised) daily work on investigating terrorism and other forms of serious crime;
- Development of safer justice outcomes through an increased understanding of how human interactions impacts on decisions at all levels of an investigative process;
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Enhanced fight against the abuse of online gaming culture by extremists

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Code: 19159 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Research is needed to analyse the use of online gaming culture and structure by violent extremists as well as their modus operandi through video game chatrooms and forums.
Regarding video games themselves, an in-depth analysis is needed on how the type of the video game, of its theme, design, aesthetics etc. plays a role in the choice of the chatroom to be used as a recruitment area. As far as video game chatrooms, including social media platforms discussing video games, are concerned, dissemination strategies of violent extremists through them as well as their ways of grooming should be analysed.

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Public spaces are protected while respecting privacy and avoiding mass surveillance

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Code: 19149 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

The number of different tools for the surveillance of public spaces has been growing at massive pace in most European cities. CCTV-systems in public spaces are the most evident examples. They have been expanded in terms of quantity (number of CCTV in public spaces, such as squares, streets or touristic sites), quality (improved solution of images, possibility of tracking and automatic pattern-recognition) and also scope (CCTV present in areas like parks, 24/7 recording as standard due to higher data storage capacities).

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Effective fight against trafficking in human beings

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Code: 19119 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Trafficking in human beings is a serious and organised form of crime that involves the criminal exploitation of vulnerable people, the goal of which is the economic gain. The proposed activities would aim to contribute to countering the culture of impunity by increasing the capacity of Police Authorities to detect the trafficking crime, the suspected perpetrators and the victims and to disrupt the business model and/or establish responsibility of all those involved in the trafficking chain.

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Effective fight against corruption

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Code: 19103 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Corruption, a criminal category that ranges from bribery of public officials via sports to abuse of power and money laundering of proceeds from crime, is a strong enabler for crime and terrorism, and, as such, it constitutes a threat to security. Firstly, there is a need to estimate the impact of corruption. Secondly, the role of corruption as an enabler of other crimes deserves analysis. Thirdly, innovative societal and technological solutions for prevention, detection and investigation of this type of crime are needed, including also the collection of cross-border court-proof evidence.

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Social innovations as enablers of security solutions and increased security perception

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Code: 19046 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-SSRI-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Proposals should develop a societal development plan that builds upon a people-centred approach and examines how social innovations on security are organised, how they work, how and why they are adopted or rejected, their direct and indirect benefits and costs, including in vulnerability assessments, how they sustain, and which interfaces with other more formal security agents are established.

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Knowledge Networks for security Research & Innovation

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Code: 18930 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2022-SSRI-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Investment in security research needs to be designed taking into consideration how and when it can deliver outcomes that contribute to the development of security capabilities. Therefore, research needs to be undertaken, from its very early stages, in a way that addresses real needs. The programming of research is highly conditioned by the quality, reliability and timeliness of the evidence that supports its decision making process. This includes the identification and understanding of the contextual elements that can or will influence or be influenced by the research (process), the research team and the research projects themselves.

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MSCA COFUND 2022

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Code: 18919 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2022-COFUND-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 11/10/2022 | End submission calls: 09/02/2023

Applicants submit proposals for new or existing doctoral or postdoctoral programmes with an impact on the enhancement of human resources in R&I at regional, national or international level. These programmes will be co-funded by MSCA COFUND.

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MSCA Staff Exchanges 2022

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Code: 18909 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01-01 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2022 | End submission calls: 08/03/2023

MSCA Staff Exchanges support is provided for international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility of R&I staff leading to knowledge transfer between participating organisations.
Involve organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors from across the globe.

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Supporting the coordination of the Graphene Flagship projects (CSA)

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Code: 18864 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-22 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals should address the need to guarantee a sustained European leadership in 2DM, capitalise upon the investments made so far in graphene, exploit synergistically the scientific, technological and innovation outcomes of these investments and deliver benefits to the European society.

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2D materials-based devices and systems for biomedical applications (RIA)

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Code: 18861 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-19 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposal results are expected to contribute to new technology solutions exploiting the unique properties of 2D materials (2DM) that would reduce cost and increase the efficacy of diagnostics or therapies, or provide new diagnostics or therapies for which there is currently no solution. It would strengthen Europe’s industrial position in, early diagnostics, disease prediction and prevention, disease monitoring and reducing hospitalization time.

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Pushing the limit of physical intelligence and performance (RIA)

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Code: 18857 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals are expected to focus on technology and systems that significantly extend the physical capability of robots beyond the state of the art.

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AI, Data and Robotics for Industry optimisation (including production and services) (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 18855 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals should focus on demonstrating the added value of AI and/or Data and/or Robotics technologies to optimise value-chains, products, services or associated processes, including knowledge automation (including capturing and elicitation), to increase competitiveness, environmental sustainability, and where relevant, working conditions, for example, through added flexibility, configurability, adaptability, etc.

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New generation of advanced electronic and photonic 2D materials-based devices, systems and sensors (RIA)

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Code: 18848 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposal results are expected to contribute to new technological solutions with improved performance and reduced energy consumption providing significant advances towards the integration of 2D materials (2DM) technology, and the emergence of competitive value chains in graphene in Europe.

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2D-material-based composites, coatings and foams (IA)

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Code: 18845 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-20 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposal results are expected to contribute to new multifunctional recyclable materials enabling solutions to environmental challenges.

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Increased robotics capabilities demonstrated in key sectors (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 18838 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals results are expected to contribute to at least one of the following expected outcome:
- Demonstrators able to show the added value of robotics and their performances in addressing challenges in major application sectors, or in dangerous, dull, dirty tasks or those strenuous for humans or in extreme environments.
- Systems able to demonstrate beyond human performance in complex tasks, with high impact in key sectors, that show extended levels of adaptation and flexibility.
- Systems able to show high levels of reactivity and responsiveness and intelligibility when performing human-robot and robot-robot interactions in major application sectors.
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2D materials-based devices and systems for energy storage and/or harvesting (RIA)

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Code: 18834 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-18 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposal results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- Demonstrated added value of 2D materials (2DM) for energy storage devices and systems in applications where Europe can build competitive value chains.
- New technology solutions for portable energy sources outperforming alternative technologies e.g. in terms of energy and power density, operational safety, long-term stability, mechanical flexibility, light weight, thin thickness, and low cost that will enable the rapid development of power-demanding smart devices, Internet of Thing (IoT) sensors and wearable electronics.
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AI for human empowerment (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 18830 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals under this topic have a focus to one of the two following research objectives:
Reach truly mixed human-AI initiatives for human empowerment.
Trustworthy hybrid decision-support, including approaches for mixed and sliding decision-making, for context interpretation, for dealing with uncertainty, transparent anticipation, reliability, human-centric planning and decision-making, interdependencies, and augmented decision-making.

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European Network of AI Excellence Centres: Expanding the European AI lighthouse (RIA)

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Code: 18785 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

It is essential to reinforce and build on Europe’s assets in technologies such as AI, with huge potential socio-economic impact, including its world-class researcher community, in order to stay at the forefront of technological developments.
Proposals will mobilise the best European teams in AI community to join forces to address major technical as well as sector- or societal-driven challenges: strengthening excellence, networking, multidisciplinarity, academia-industry synergies.

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MSCA Doctoral Networks 2022

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Code: 18779 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 03/05/2022 | End submission calls: 15/11/2022

MSCA Doctoral Networks will implement doctoral programmes, by partnerships of universities, research institutions and research infrastructures, businesses including SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond. MSCA Doctoral Networks are indeed open to the participation of organisations from third countries, in view of fostering strategic international partnerships for the training and exchange of researchers.

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Expanding Investments Ecosystems

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Code: 18762 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2022-SCALEUP-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 21/06/2022 | End submission calls: 04/10/2022

The Expanding Investments Ecosystems should attract foreign investors into “modest’ and ‘moderate’ innovation ecosystems by raising awareness of local innovation ecosystems and their start-ups, as well as the potential of the whole region, to capital providers from across Europe.

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Implementing co-funded action plans for interconnection of innovation ecosystems

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Code: 18757 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2022-CONNECT-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 14/06/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

The aim of this topic is to foster the creation of efficient, open, inclusive and interconnected European innovation ecosystems. The topic will support strategic-oriented long-term programmes of activities (action plans) to enable authorities in charge of public national, regional or local innovation policies and programmes, with the participation of the private sector and research and innovation actors, to implement joint activities towards innovation deployment, while tackling challenges at EU, national, regional and local level.

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Stimulating innovation procurement

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Code: 18752 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2022-CONNECT-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 14/06/2022 | End submission calls: 27/09/2022

The aim of this topic is to boost the innovation procurement in Europe by engaging public and private buyers in the purchase of innovative solutions.

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Implementing digital services to empower neuroscience research for health and brain inspired technology via EBRAINS

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Code: 18748 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-SERV-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2022 | End submission calls: 21/09/2022

Building on the EBRAINS architecture the scope of this action is to:
To implement a user-friendly service infrastructure along the principles of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) to widely serve the research communities in neurosciences, brain medicine and brain-inspired cognitive technologies.
To develop, integrate in EBRAINS.

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EIC Accelerator Challenge: Technologies for Open Strategic Autonomy

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Code: 18693 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/02/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2022

EIC Accelerator Challenge: Technologies for Open Strategic Autonomy
This EIC Accelerator Challenge identifies the set of key strategic areas and corresponding specific objectives for which highly innovative start-ups and SMEs are invited to propose new technologies, pioneering solutions and breakthrough innovations.

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EIC Accelerator Challenge: Technologies for ‘Fit for 55’

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Code: 18690 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/02/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2022

EIC Accelerator Challenge: Technologies for ‘Fit for 55’
This EIC Accelerator Challenge aims at supporting the development and scaling up of technologies and boosting breakthrough innovations that strengthen the green transition. Breakthrough innovations for this Challenge should have the potential to create significant economic, competitiveness and employment benefits for Europe.

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EIC Accelerator Open - 2022

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Code: 18679 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/02/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2022

The EIC Accelerator Open call supports companies, principally start-ups and SMEs, to scale up high impact innovations with the potential to create new markets or disrupt existing ones.

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Innovative renewable energy carrier production for heating from renewable energies

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Code: 18650 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/10/2022

Demonstrate cost-effective and energy-, catalyst and equipment material-efficient transformation of renewable energy into renewable energy carriers for heating, while ensuring very good combustion properties in respect of efficiency and avoidance of pollutants and environmental and socioeconomic sustainability of the respective heating supply and value chains.

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Technological interfaces between solar fuel technologies and other renewables

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Code: 18648 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/10/2022

Development of energy transmitting technological interfaces to couple solar fuel technologies to other renewables.

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Digital solutions for defining synergies in international renewable energy value chains

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Code: 18645 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/10/2022

Project results are expected to advance the European and global scientific basis, European leadership and global role in the area of renewable energy and renewable fuels and related energy value chains while creating evidence for policy making by developing novel digital solutions. It should also provide digital breakthrough solutions for promoting the increase of the global renewable energy share as well as reinforce the European scientific basis through international collaboration while increasing the potential to export European renewable energy technologies.

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AU-EU Energy System Modelling

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Code: 18642 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/10/2022

Proposal under this topic should develop and test models for decision makers and planners to design and evaluate energy system(s) with a high penetration of renewable energy generation in African countries through a regional approach.
A focus should be made on the introduction of clean energy technologies.

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Direct renewable energy integration into process energy demands of the chemical industry

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Code: 18639 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/10/2022

Pursued technology developments are expected to directly target renewable energy integration into process energy demands of the chemical industry beyond electricity (targeting e.g. electrochemical potential of artificial photosynthesis to chemical reduction processes and/or e.g. direct solar thermochemical conversion) and should improve GHG balance and sustainability of the targeted process.

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Demonstration of complete value chains for advanced biofuel and non-biological renewable fuel production

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Code: 18622 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/10/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Build a portfolio of complete value chains for advanced biofuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin.
- De-risk technology, boost the scale-up of advanced biofuels and non-biological origin renewable fuels.
- Respond to short and medium term needs for renewable fuels in energy and transport.
- Improve sustainability and security of the value chains.
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Renewable energy carriers from variable renewable electricity surplus and carbon emissions from energy consuming sectors

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Code: 18615 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/10/2022

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

Advance the European scientific basis and increase technology competitiveness in the area of energy carrier production and integration with renewable electricity and carbon value and supply chains;
Technology de-risk of renewable energy carrier value chains through demonstration as a necessary step before scaling up at commercial level.

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Renewable energy incorporation in agriculture and forestry

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Code: 18612 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/05/2022 | End submission calls: 27/10/2022

Proposals under this topic should demonstrate incorporation of renewable energy technologies in agriculture or forestry to meet its electricity, heat, cold, waste and land management needs. Solutions should combine innovative renewable, circular and regional value chains from different renewables and adapted storage options to de-fossilize agricultural or forest processes trans-seasonally, taking into account hybridization compatibility.

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Embedding smart functionalities into battery cells (embedding sensing and self-healing functionalities to monitor and self-repair battery cells) (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 18585 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D2-01-06 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

The target of this call is to embed sensors and self-healing functionalities into single battery cell, with sensors being capable to detect defective operation and trigger self-repairing functionalities via the Battery Management System (BMS).
Proposal should aim at a combined approach with the development of sensors capable of continuous, long term operation within the cell and on the development of self-healing functionalities which can be triggered by external stimulus.

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Digitalisation of battery testing, from cell to system level, including lifetime assessment (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 18583 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D2-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

Digitalisation of battery testing will lead to an acceleration of the battery development time, a higher quality of the battery assessment (better evaluation of battery performances, lifetime, reliability and safety), and an improvement of the battery design itself (by better adapting the design to the application requirements and production capabilities) and a better estimation lifetime (by better modelling of battery ageing). Projects are expected to provide novel methods and tools to accelerate and improve the battery testing process.

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Coordination of large-scale initiative on future battery technologies (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 18581 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D2-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

This call topic aim to network and coordinate the BATTERY 2030+ large scale research initiative on Future Battery Technologies and its contribution to the broader efforts of the European research and innovation stakeholders in battery technologies foreseen at European level and in the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan and to tackle long-term research challenges expected to result in ‘game changing’ impacts on future battery technologies paving the way for providing a technological competitive advantage to the European battery industry.

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Next generation technologies for High-performance and safe-by-design battery systems for transport and mobile applications (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 18578 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D2-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

Projects are expected to develop innovative battery systems technologies that will benefit several transport and mobile applications, by significantly improving performances and safety, as well as environmental sustainability and cost. The projects should focus on the battery system level, i.e., on the integration of battery cells into a battery system (e.g., a battery pack), considering mechanical, electrical and thermal aspects.

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Physics and data-based battery management for optimised battery utilisation (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 18575 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D2-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

Projects under this topic are expected to substantially advance the state of the art in the field of battery management, by developing innovative physics and data-based approaches, both at the software and hardware levels to ensure an optimised and safe utilisation of the battery system during all modes of operation.

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Towards creating an integrated manufacturing value chain in Europe: from machinery development to plant and site integrated design (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 18572 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D2-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

Τhis topic aims at closing a gap and enabling deeper collaboration between industrial-scale cell manufacturing, battery process equipment companies, and material and other industrial sectors potentially benefitting from sector coupling with cell manufacturing (e.g. grid power or material suppliers).

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Smart and efficient ways to construct, maintain and decommission with zero emissions from transport infrastructure

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Code: 18560 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-02-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

The overall objective of the topic is to support the development of sustainable transport infrastructure, addressing its environmental and economic efficiency dimensions.

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New concepts and approaches for resilient and green freight transport and logistics networks against disruptive events (including pandemics)

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Code: 18550 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-02-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

Together with resilient and smart infrastructures, new concepts, innovative solutions and better cooperation of operators are needed for freight transport to minimise the negative impacts of disruptions, shorten the recovery and ease the transition time, while taking in due account emissions and energy consumption reductions as feasible. Research and innovation actions will have to bring together stakeholders at various level, to ensure a truly integrated and jointly acceptable approach.

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Streamlined collection and reversed logistics, fully automated, safe and cost-efficient sorting, dismantling and second use before recycling (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 18538 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D2-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

It is important to develop efficient recycling chain and processes able to meet these upcoming amounts of diversified waste streams. A general approach to recycling should thus be reconsidered and new sustainable recycling chain for batteries should be established, in terms of introducing novel approaches to products, processes and keeping in mind their socio-economic viability and environmental impact. This topic will require new upscaleable techniques and concepts for collection, logistics, and automatisation in sorting, dismantling and second use before recycling.

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Sustainable processing and refining of battery grade graphite (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 18515 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D2-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

The Synthetic graphite projects are expected to focus additionally on:
System prototype demonstration of battery grade anode graphite material with high energy density, long lifetime and quality enabling fast charging, produced with increased yield and lower environmental footprint.
As a longer-term option, biocarbon alternatives to petroleum coke are expected to be developed to ensure long term sustainable supply.
Advanced refining of Natural graphite to improve the yield of battery grade products and lower the environmental footprint.

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Interface and electron monitoring for the engineering of new and emerging battery technologies (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 18418 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D2-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

This topic should support the development of novel experimental and computational techniques targeting the time and length scales of interface reactions in a battery cell including electron and ion localisation, mobility and transfer reactions.

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Furthering the development of a materials acceleration platform for sustainable batteries (combining AI, big data, autonomous synthesis robotics, high throughput testing) (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 18413 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D2-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

The aim is to integrate advanced multi-scale computational modelling, materials synthesis, characterisation and testing to perform closed-loop autonomous materials findings and interphase engineering that would accelerate by at least a factor of five the discovery of new battery chemistries with ultra-high performances.

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Renewable-intensive, energy positive homes

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Code: 18409 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

The aim is to move beyond NZEB (nearly zero-energy buildings) for new constructions and to the extent possible, for renovations, and to streamline energy positive buildings, ensuring buildings can marry high energy performance with maximum flexibility and adaptability to a changing society in a cost-effective manner. This is a key challenge for the residential sector in the transformation to a highly energy-efficient and climate neutral EU building stock, where energy positive homes should become the norm.

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Smarter buildings for better energy performance

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Code: 18406 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

The topic focuses on the improvement and cost-reduction of technologies to predict, assess, monitor and control in real time the energy performance of buildings, including energy efficiency, renewables, storage and their optimisation.

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Development and pilot demonstration of heat upgrade technologies with supply temperature in the range 150-250°C

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Code: 18403 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

This topic aims to satisfy the need for low-medium temperature heat in the relevant industrial sectors, by upgrading lower temperature heat flows, including from renewable heat sources, ambient heat or industrial excess (waste) heat, as a cost-efficient way to improve energy efficiency and reduce the GHG emissions.

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Development of high temperature thermal storage for industrial applications

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Code: 18399 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

This topic aims to satisfy the need for decoupling the heat generation from the heat use in continuous or non-continuous industrial processes, in order to allow for heat exchanges between different industrial processes and so enable industrial symbiosis, or to generate heat during off-peak times and so provide energy demand flexibility.

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Logistics networks integration and harmonisation through operational connectivity to optimise freight flows and drive logistics to climate neutrality

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Code: 18393 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

Integration and harmonisation of closed independent logistics networks and of clusters of networks (e.g. from different logistics service providers or different cargo owners) providing open and shared services to manufacturers and retailers focusing on intra-European flows, would enable to optimise freight flows at system level, thus overcoming operational inefficiencies (e.g. peak overloads, partially loaded or empty transportation, sub-optimal transit routing, waiting times, higher overall costs, inefficient asset utilisation, increased emissions) and driving climate neutrality in logistics.
Projects will have to advance the adoption of technological solutions and organisational and behavioural models in use cases and applications under the leadership of logistics operators taking into account stakeholders’ preferences.

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Advanced multimodal network and traffic management for seamless door-to-door mobility of passengers and freight transport

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Code: 18391 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-02-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

Advanced multimodal network and traffic management capabilities are essential for the efficient operation of the entire transport network and for seamless door-to-door mobility of both passengers and freight. This is even more pertinent in view of new mobility trends and technologies, connected and automated vehicles, new physical and digital infrastructures and innovative services.

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Smart enforcement for resilient, sustainable and more efficient transport operations

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Code: 18389 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

The aim is to achieve a comprehensive ecosystem for smart transport enforcement that is tested and proved to be viable, economically and technically, and allows for future integration with relevant information exchange systems in use or considered for deployment in all modes of transport, as part of a wider multimodal transport information exchange environment.

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Accelerating the deployment of new and shared mobility services for the next decade

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Code: 18383 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-02-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

New and shared mobility services have shown that they have the potential to meet urban dweller’s needs while at the same time bring about a more rational use of cars. Therefore, high-quality, user centric, and reliable new mobility solutions need to be offered as a credible alternative to the private car, coupled with safe and integrated infrastructure.

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Demand response in energy-efficient residential buildings

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Code: 18379 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

This topic aims to address the large but untapped potential of the residential sector for Demand Response with a view to support the energy transition at system level while respecting user privacy, comfort and ownership.

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CIVITAS 2030 – Coordination and support for EU funded urban mobility innovation

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Code: 18375 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D2-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/10/2022

Proposals under this topic, should aim at focusing activities on communication and event organization and coordination of living lab activities continuing and enhancing the operation of the platform, to facilitate the continued coordination and knowledge exchange between the urban mobility projects that have been, or that will be funded under the CIVITAS initiative (not exclusive). Proposals should aim at putting in place a common communication and dissemination strategy to maximize the impact of the CIVITAS initiative.

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Urban logistics and planning: anticipating urban freight generation and demand including digitalisation of urban freight

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Code: 18321 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

How urban space is being used and allocated can influence congestion, noise, road risk, air quality, GHG emissions. At the same time there is a gap for purpose-oriented freight data collection in cities to support their decision making towards sustainability targets such as climate neutrality, air quality, road safety reducing congestion and better use of public space.
The aim is to reduce the impact of freight transport and logistics on the urban fabric.

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Designing inclusive, safe, affordable and sustainable urban mobility

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Code: 18316 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2022-CIT-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 28/04/2022 | End submission calls: 06/09/2022

The scope of this action is to support local authorities in accelerating mobility changes and address a significant concern, namely that people returning to work after the lockdown will seek out alternatives so that allocating public space, bicycles, pedestrians and public transport and reducing the space available for cars will encourage people to cycle, walk or use public transport rather than take the car.

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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022

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Code: 18307 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 13/04/2022 | End submission calls: 14/09/2022

Fellowships will be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking international mobility either to or between EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, as well as to non-associated Third Countries. Applications will be made jointly by the researcher and a beneficiary in the academic or non-academic sector.

Postdoctoral Fellowships either can take place in Europe or in a Third Country not associated to Horizon Europe:
- European Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to Europe from any country in the world or moving within Europe.
- Global Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to European nationals or long-term residents who wish to engage in R&I projects with organisations outside EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries. These fellowships require an outgoing phase of minimum 12 and maximum 24 months in a non-associated Third Country, and a mandatory 12-month return phase to a host organisation based in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country.
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Expanding Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

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Code: 18288 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2022-SCALEUP-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 04/02/2022 | End submission calls: 10/05/2022

Τhe entrepreneurial skills and activity gap is bigger in peripheral areas with lower economic activity, confirming the importance of closely interlinked ecosystems for sustaining entrepreneurial activity and employment rates.
The Expanding Entrepreneurial Ecosystems should enhance entrepreneurial skills of youth in ‘modest’ and ‘moderate’ innovation ecosystems by supporting entrepreneurial education through programmes designed in closed collaboration with the private sector and business acceleration entities.

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Not-for-profit European sport events

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Code: 18023 | Identifier Code: ERASMUS-SPORT-2022-SNCESE | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Key Action 2 (KA2) – Cooperation among organisations and institutions | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 23/03/2022

The present call falls under KA2 of the Erasmus+ Programme.

This Action aims to support the organisation of sport events with a European dimension in the following fields:
- Volunteering in sport;
- Social inclusion through sport;
- Fight against discrimination in sport, including gender equality;
- Encouraging the participation in sport and physical activity including
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The role of perceptions, formed by traditions, values and beliefs, in shaping European societies and politics in the 21st century

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Code: 18017 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Values, norms, traditions, beliefs, our historical past, mentalities, age or gender etc, shape our perceptions, the way we see our societies and the role of the individual, the state and the economy in it. Proposals under this topic will identify and examine the factors that influence and change people’s perceptions of the European project over time, under different geographical, political or socio-economic circumstances.

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Games and culture shaping our society

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Code: 18002 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Games are a rapidly evolving, rapidly changing industry, known for their advanced role in ICT. The impact of toys on European culture and society, as well as on its cohesion and values, has not been thoroughly researched. Research should therefore address these knowledge gaps, which include potential differences between age groups, gender and socioeconomic background, the current state of play literacy or the digital divide.

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Europe’s cultural heritage and arts - promoting our values at home and abroad

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Code: 18000 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

European arts and cultural heritage have an intrinsic value in enriching our lives, but also reflect our way of life, and contribute to shaping our society and its values. If Europe wants to maintain its place in a globalised world, it is in our interest to step up common efforts to promote Europe’s culture, values and interests. The challenge of research is to contribute knowledge as well as to identify ways of reinforcing common European action for the benefit or our society.

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Return and readmission of irregular migrants in the EU

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Code: 17998 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Projects should contribute to the following expected outcomes:
- Support EU migration governance by assessing barriers and enablers of its return and readmission policy, and notably as regards obstacles to readmission in the countries of origin.
- Suggest avenues for international cooperation on migration between the EU, its Member States and countries of origin and transit of migrants.
- Consider alternatives to returning migrants to countries of origin.
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Conditions of irregular migrants in Europe

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Code: 17984 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Irregular arrivals to the EU have been significant in the past years, often in the context of mixed migration, including significant numbers of asylum seekers. Adding to existing populations of irregular migrants, many are not granted asylum, and as return rates also remain low, it is evident that a sizeable number of migrants remain in irregular status in the EU. This is also problematic for the host country, as irregular migrants participate in the black labour market and largely remain outside of integration pathways.

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The impact of spatial mobility on European demographics, society, welfare system and labour market

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Code: 17978 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Proposals should analyse drivers and effects of demographically declining and left behind areas in Europe. Projects should focus in particular on spatial mobility, including, but not limited to, urban-rural, inter-regional and intra-EU mobility, and the interactions of different policies affecting these flows, as well as linkages to mobility flows of non-European migrants.

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Public policies and indicators for well-being and sustainable development

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Code: 17975 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Τhe transition towards a “sustainability paradigm” should be supported, identifying the socio-economic inequalities and the distribution of benefits of economic growth between individuals, also taking into account the environmental impacts and limits of such growth. Research efforts should identify and propose indicators to measure well-being and sustainable development, accounting also for the measurement framework in the “beyond GDP” approaches.

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Representative democracy in flux

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Code: 17969 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The last decades have witnessed significant changes in the electoral behaviour of citizens. As societies have become more connected and individualistic, with an ever fast-paced development of digital technologies, new political forces, discourses and voting preferences have emerged. While many of the identities and certainties of the past are eroding, new cleavages have marked the political landscape of representative democracies. This apparent state of flux brings multiple challenges but also opportunities for the future of our democracies.

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Socio-economic effects of ageing societies

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Code: 17964 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Proposals under this topic should analyse, with an interdisciplinary approach, the changing demographic profile of Europe, paying attention to the heterogeneous trends and developments in the different Member States and Associated countries (ideally at regional level). Projects should consider the structural changes required to adapt in the medium term to ageing societies.

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Strengthening racial, ethnic and religious equality

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Code: 17953 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

High levels of racism, xenophobia, as well as institutionalised or structural discrimination are linked to inequality and shape social and economic outcomes of individuals from minority backgrounds. They also have negative effects on security, quality of life and social cohesion. Proposals should focus on various manifestations of racism and xenophobia, including one or more among anti-Black, anti-migrant, anti-Muslim, antisemitism, anti-Gypsyism.

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Decision-making processes of (aspiring) migrants

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Code: 17950 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Μacro-level determinants of migration have linked structural factors and a number of social processes to migration outcomes. However, there is a scarcity of research that considers the way in which meso-social and micro-individual levels interact with each other and with macro-level determinants, and play a role in shaping decisions to migrate, or not.

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The future of democracy and civic participation

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Code: 17942 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Projects should enhance and expand the implementation of civic participation as well as co-creation in democratic life at scale, including the least engaged communities and categories of the population, at all levels from local to European. Improve the articulation between deliberative processes and representative institutions in liberal democracies, including through experimental approaches. Research should elucidate how to open up traditional institutions of representative democracy and increase trust in democratic governance through direct participatory processes as well as clear and transparent feedback mechanisms to citizens.

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ERC ADVANCED GRANTS

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Code: 17939 | Identifier Code: ERC-2022-ADG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 28/04/2022

ERC Advanced Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements. Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal.

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A Pan-European chip infrastructure for design innovation

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Code: 17932 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-KDT-JU-2021-3-CSA- | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 18/01/2022 | End submission calls: 27/04/2022

A priority for Europe is to strengthen its design capacity and to lower the barriers to get access to advanced semiconductor technologies. Amongst others, this requires the nurturing and supply of people with the right digital skills, and the provision of routes to prototype and commercialisation.

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Politics and the impact of online social networks and new media

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Code: 17888 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Social platforms and new media are increasingly perceived as conducive to the creation of ideological “echo-chambers” eroding the space for public dialogue. They are seen as fostering polarisation, radicalisation, depoliticisation, spreading misinformation and subject to manipulation. At the same time, they have been used in attempts to covertly influence the political choices of citizens, thus sapping their democratic credentials.

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Conditions for the successful development of skills matched to needs

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Code: 17885 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Projects should contribute to both of the following expected outcomes:
Enable policymakers to better understand, measure and reduce skills gaps and problematic mismatches between skills and jobs, thereby supporting the diffusion and adoption of innovation, the digital and green transitions, inclusive economic growth as well as individual wellbeing.

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Overcoming discrimination for an inclusive labour market

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Code: 17883 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

New and innovative ways of integration into the labour market of the most vulnerable groups need to be explored and tested with the objective to reduce inequalities and promote social inclusion. These vulnerable groups include people discriminated on the basis of disability and health, age, gender, language, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, civil and family status and religious belonging.

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Safeguarding endangered languages in Europe

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Code: 17878 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The creation of a European language preservation ecosystem is at the heart of this topic, in particular with the establishment of a set of guidelines for revitalizing endangered languages in Europe and the setting up of a comprehensive website. This also aims at exchanging best practices and collecting endangered language resources and tools that, with the appropriate involvement of stakeholders concerned, should be made widely available.

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The impact of inequalities on democracy

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Code: 17874 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Comprehensive evidence base to explain the long-term impact of various inequalities (socio-economic, gender, disability, spatial, ethnic, etc.) on political participation, democratic quality and stability.
- Development, validation and piloting of strategies, policies and action plans for tackling inequalities while boosting trust and resilience at different levels of governance, including at the local level.
- Strategies, regulations and policies to support the inclusion of marginalised groups in the democratic and participatory process.
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Artificial intelligence, big data and democracy

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Code: 17808 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Projects should contribute to at least two of the following expected outcomes:
- Protect fundamental rights and European values from possible threats stemming from unregulated use of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data applications.
- Explore the potential of AI and big data to reinforce fundamental rights and European values. Examine the effectiveness of monitoring and control protocols of established legislation and non-regulatory measures over AI and big data development and implementations.
- Introduction of values-based frameworks to inform data governance and regulate the use of AI and big data.
- Innovative uses of AI and big data to enhance citizen engagement and democracy.
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Media for democracy – democratic media

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Code: 17805 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Demonstrate how citizens and policymakers can contribute to a healthy and reinvigorated democracy through media.
- Improved quality, accountability and transparency of media production and distribution processes, and contribution to a more resilient democratic institutional framework.
- Enhanced citizen’s participation and decision-making through enlightened access to pluralistic media content.
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Education for democracy

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Code: 17802 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Education, plays an important role in bolstering democratic citizenship and strengthening the resilience of democratic societies. It can play an essential role in the promotion of core values like human rights and the rule of law, as well as in the prevention of human rights violations. It can also help promote gender equality, disability inclusiveness, a culture of peace and non-violence, environmental awareness, appreciation of linguistic, ethnic, cultural and religious diversity. Education can contribute to tackle radicalisation and successfully integrate migrants and refugees.

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Gender and social, economic and cultural empowerment

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Code: 17798 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Projects should contribute to the achievement of a better understanding of gendered power relations across the social and economic spheres, taking into account intersections between gender and other social categories such as ethnicity, social origin, disability and sexual orientation, and the cumulative effects of multiple forms of discrimination and disadvantages. Provide evidence base about the role of education and the media in perpetuating or breaking stereotypes.

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The New European Bauhaus – shaping a greener and fairer way of life in creative and inclusive societies through Architecture, Design and Arts

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Code: 17793 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The New European Bauhaus (NEB) is essentially a project that aims to be a bridge between the world of science and technology and the world of art and culture, where citizens shall need to take ownership of the Green Deal.

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Evolution of political extremism and its influence on contemporary social and political dialogue

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Code: 17788 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Political extremists often show disdain for the rights and liberties of others but resent the limitations of their own activities. More extreme forms embrace engagement in ideologically driven criminal activity and violence. Some of the greater impacts of extreme narratives on society stem from their influence on mainstream political discourses and policies.

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Global governance for a world in transition: Norms, institutions, actors

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Code: 17785 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Research under this topic should propose ways of redesigning, renewing and re-invigorating global and European traditions of cooperation with a view to greater accountability, openness and legitimacy. This should include new reflections on the norms, institutions and actors that can support a more robust and effective multilateralism, as well as a stocktaking and assessment of the modalities and possibilities of multileveled participation in cross-border governance, ranging from the local to the global level.

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HORIZON-KDT-JU-2021-2-RIA-Focus Topic 1-Processing solutions for AI at the edge addressing the design stack and middleware

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Code: 17770 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-KDT-JU-2021-2-RIA-Focus-Topic-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 18/01/2022 | End submission calls: 27/04/2022

Proposals under this topic need to address the design of innovative and energy-efficient processing solutions for AI on the edge and deep-edge, with a focus on new processor architectures and middleware.

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HORIZON-KDT-JU-1-IA-Focus-Topic-1-Development of open sources RISC-V building blocks

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Code: 17764 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-KDT-JU-1-IA-Focus-Topic-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 18/01/2022 | End submission calls: 27/04/2022

This call relates to the first general objective, relating to the reinforcement of the Union’s strategic autonomy in electronic components and systems to support future needs of vertical industries and the economy at large. The overall target is to contribute towards doubling the value of the design and production of electronic components and systems in Europe by 2030, in line with the weight of the Union in products and services.

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Protection of artefacts and cultural goods from anthropogenic threats

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Code: 17736 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Cultural goods and artefacts are put at risk through a number of man-made actions. Very often, it is also linked to a certain ideology that aims to destroy collective memory and dismember people’s identity.
Research is needed at the level of prevention to protect cultural artefacts from falling victims of theft, smuggling or illicit trade.

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Effects of climate change and natural hazards on cultural heritage and remediation

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Code: 17722 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Projects should contribute to safeguarding and protecting Europe’s cultural heritage from the effects of climate change and natural hazards, including rural and remote areas, coastal and maritime cultural landscapes and underwater heritage. As well as to explore innovative and sustainable ways to protect cultural heritage and cultural landscapes from climate change, disaster risks and pollutants.

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Traditional crafts for the future: a new approach

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Code: 17716 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Traditional artefacts and the old crafts techniques are a significant part of our cultural heritage and arts.
Artefacts and traditional objects are cultural products as they store social, personal and cultural memory and knowledge, and they enable the articulation of self-identity in symbolic ways.
The goals of the manufacturing and crafts sector have changed over time. This puts at risk traditional crafts techniques, which are in danger of disappearing, and with them important knowledge and know-how of ancient techniques and materials to produce and restore historic artefacts.

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Towards a competitive, fair and sustainable European music ecosystem

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Code: 17713 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Music has an important economic value, but also a fundamental societal impact, contributing to social development and wellbeing. Proposals should aim at improving statistical data and methods for capturing the economic impact of the music sector.

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Increase the potential of the international competitiveness of the European filmmaking industry

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Code: 17708 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The European filmmaking industry is a significant sector of the cultural and creative industries and an important element of European economic growth and wellbeing.
Therefore, research will examine the state of the art of the European filmmaking industry, in order to analyse limitations, including institutional frameworks that prevent integration and cause fragmentation. Proposals will assess the needs and developments of the European filmmaking industry and address potentialities for further development.

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Unleashing the innovation potential of public transport as backbone of urban mobility

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Code: 17703 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CIT-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 11/01/2022 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

The funded actions will contribute to the objectives of the Cities Mission and to the priorities of the European Green Deal, which stresses that “transport should become drastically less polluting, especially in cities. A combination of measures should address emissions, urban congestion and improved public transport”.
Proposals should aim to improve the competitiveness of public transport by implementing in the living labs integrated, complementary and reinforcing packages of urban mobility measures.

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Positive Clean Energy Districts

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Code: 17691 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CIT-02-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 11/01/2022 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

The topic addresses the objectives of the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission, hereafter referred to as the Cities Mission, to support, promote and showcase 100 climate-neutral and smart European cities by 2030 and make these cities act into experimentation and innovation hubs to put all European cities in a position to become climate-neutral by 2050. The topic will thus contribute to the twin green and digital transitions promoted by the European Green Deal and will lead by example on how to speed up the necessary transformation towards urban climate neutrality, including in a human-centred way.

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Global cooperation and exchange on urban climate neutrality

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Code: 17689 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CIT-02-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 11/01/2022 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Many cities across the world have climate action plans in place and are looking for solutions on how to best bridge the implementation gap between their climate neutrality goals and the pace of current transformation.
To advance this process, this mission aims to set a leading international example, with at least 100 climate-neutral cities at the heart of a wide international knowledge and practice network focused on delivering urban solutions for climate neutrality.

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Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) for the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission Platform

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Code: 17680 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CIT-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 11/01/2022 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

This Framework Partnership Agreement aims at contributing to the implementation of the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission, hereafter referred to as the Cities Mission, and its objective of achieving 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030.

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Urban planning and design for just, sustainable, resilient and climate-neutral cities by 2030

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Code: 17674 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CIT-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 11/01/2022 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

The overall aim of this topic is to support a diverse range of urban areas across Europe (e.g. small and medium sized, port cities, cities with different geographical, climatic, socioeconomic conditions, levels of preparedness etc.), their urban authorities, stakeholders and citizens to identify, plan, design, fund, roll out and replicate solutions and measures in order to achieve climate neutrality, sustainability and resilience and significantly reduce emissions across the most relevant sectors by 2030.

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Services and tools to underpin a research assessment system that incentivises open science practices

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Code: 17667 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-EOSC-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

This topic supports the development of EOSC-federated services and tools that allow the gathering and monitoring of information and data on the use and uptake of research outputs and of open science practices across borders and disciplines. Such tools and services are essential to collect the information to be used for next generation metrics, together with qualitative indicators, in an assessment system that valorises open science.
Proposals should also aim to promote the adoption of community-led curation and annotation systems to foster qualitative aspects of a new generation research assessment system.

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Improving and coordinating technical infrastructure for institutional open access publishing across Europe

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Code: 17664 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-EOSC-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

This topic aims to improve efficiency, coordination and technological alignment among the network of institutional open access publishing infrastructures and to develop and provide the technical specifications to ensure interoperability, interconnection and improved quality of services to researchers. Proposals shall build on already existing and operational publishing services across Europe and embed the open access publishing network into the EOSC ecosystem.

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Research infrastructure concept development

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Code: 17625 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-DEV-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

This topic aims at supporting the development of new concepts for the next generation of research infrastructures of European interest, single/multi sited, distributed or virtual, that none or few countries might individually be able to afford. All fields of research can be considered.

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Support for initiatives helping to generate global standards, specifications and recommendations for open sharing of FAIR research data, publications and software

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Code: 17618 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-EOSC-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes:
- Standards, recommendations and methodologies essential for putting FAIR principles into practice and supporting the development of the EOSC ecosystem are developed in alignment with international efforts and practices;
- Contribute to the Horizon Europe EOSC Partnership.
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FAIR and open data sharing in support of healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters

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Code: 17607 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-EOSC-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The overall objective of this topic is to accelerate research and innovation under this mission area through better access, management, interoperability, reuse and citation of digital information, to be achieved by using and integrating EOSC resources ranging from EOSC federated infrastructures, services and data to guidelines, best practices, tools and metrics for the management of FAIR and open data, and to extend these resources to the relevant marine and maritime domains that are less familiar with EOSC.

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R&D for the next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools and methods

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Code: 17604 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-TECH-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The aim of this topic is to deliver innovative scientific instrumentation, tools and methods, which advance the state-of-art of European RIs, and show transformative potential in RIs operation. The related developments, which underpin the provision of improved and advanced services, should lead research infrastructures to support new areas of research and/or a wider community of users, including industrial users.

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Cooperation, synergies and networking between research infrastructures and technology infrastructures

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Code: 17599 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2022-DEV-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Research infrastructures and technology infrastructures are among the key elements in the successful establishment of innovation ecosystems. Ranging from exploratory research facilities to testing, validation, and upscaling platforms, they enable technology development and innovation, providing SMEs and industry with the essential services that are needed to accelerate the entry into the market of innovative solutions supporting the twin green and digital transition and other socio-economic challenges.

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Fostering balanced brain circulation – ERA Fellowships

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Code: 17591 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-04-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2022 | End submission calls: 29/09/2022

Fellowships should be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking cross-border mobility either to or between EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries.
ERA Fellowships should take place in a Widening Country. Fellowships are open to researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to Europe from any country in the world or moving within Europe to a Widening Country.

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Hop On Facility

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Code: 17583 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-07-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The Hop On Facility providing that the work programme may foresee the possibility for legal entities from low R&I performing countries to join already selected collaborative R&I actions, subject to the agreement of the respective consortium and provided that legal entities from such countries are not yet participating in it. The scheme further aims at achieving the Inclusiveness ambition of the future ERA policy by involving research institutions from widening countries under Horizon Europe Pillar 2 actions.

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Stepping-up institutional and territorial changes towards open and responsible research and innovation

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Code: 17560 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-40 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

At territorial level, interactions between different institutions from across the quadruple helix, and including societal actors such as civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations, are essential to ensuring that the processes and outcomes of research and innovation are aligned with the needs, values and expectations of society.

This action consists of three parts, all of which must be addressed:
- The first involves consolidating the evidence base and develop innovative guidance and other materials, which can support institutions and territories to implement sustainable institutional changes and open up to society.
- The second part involves financial support to third parties, by launching ‘cascading grant’ call(s) to support institutions and territories from across the ERA to implement sustainable institutional changes towards open and responsible research and innovation.
- The third part involves acting as a central point of expertise and support services on open and responsible research and innovation for institutions and projects under Horizon Europe and within the European Research Area.
(further details in the call document, p. 111-112)

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Support to the implementation of inclusive gender equality plans

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Code: 17547 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-81 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The institutional change strategy implemented through gender equality plans has had very positive impacts in many research organisations and been a catalyser at national and EU level, as the latest ERA progress report has shown. However, there is a heterogeneity in the implementation of Gender Equality Plans across the EU, and persisting structural barriers in R&I institutions which must be addressed, through a renewed approach.

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Living Lab for gender-responsive innovation

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Code: 17540 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-80 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Projects are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:
- Advancement of knowledge and practice on gender-responsive innovation in Europe
- Strengthening of the innovation and inclusiveness dimensions of the European Research Area
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A European competence centre for science communication

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Code: 17534 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-60 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Science communication is a scientific discipline, an activity conducted by career scientists and science outreach organisations, and a specific career pathway followed by journalists. It has the potential to improve science-society relations by increasing the transparency of science, building trust in the processes and outcomes of science, and raising scientific literacy.

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An experimentation space for the uptake and use of R&I results for EU resilience and future preparedness

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Code: 17531 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-32 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

This action aims at increasing the visibility and fostering the use of R&I results with high policy relevance to contribute to the recovery and resilience of Europe, while engaging research communities and citizens in an “experimentation space” for new, science based, socially inclusive and gender responsive policy initiatives and solutions.

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Support for policy makers – Programme level collaboration between national R&I programmes

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Code: 17527 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Projects are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:
- Identification of common research and innovation priorities agreed among the participating national and regional R&I programmes, taking into account international developments where relevant;
- Implementation of multiannual joint calls, resulting in the funding of transnational collaborative R&I projects.
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Supporting the development of aligned policies for open access books and monographs

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Code: 17524 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-42 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

This action aims to support the development of aligned institutional and funder policies and strategies regarding open access to books and monographs in Europe.

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Increasing the reproducibility of scientific results

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Code: 17518 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-41 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Reproducibility refers to the possibility for the scientific community to obtain the same results as the originators of a specific finding. As such, reproducibility is core to scientific progress, and there is debate on whether there is a ‘crisis of reproducibility’ in contemporary science. Therefore, this topic aims to fund activities to
a) determine how increased reproducibility generates gains and savings in the R&I process and improve overall performance – alongside the demonstrated positive effects on their quality, integrity and trust-worthiness, and
b) find, experiment and mainstream concrete solutions and best-practices to increase the reproducibility of research funded with European taxpayers’ money, including through the more systematic integration of sex and gender as variables whenever relevant.

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Innowwide Bridging Facility

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Code: 17508 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-31 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Projects are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:
- Contributing to implementing the political priorities of the new European Commission, in particular in relation to the objective of ‘A stronger Europe in the world’, and in relation to the EU communication on the comprehensive Strategy with Africa, aiming to support building knowledge economies.
- Economic growth and job creation in the EU and in Africa.
- Transfer and internationalisation of demonstrated technologies and know-how, both to and from the EU and Africa
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Pandemic preparedness

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Code: 17502 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-DISEASE-07-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2022 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

Proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that are directed, tailored towards and contributing to some of the following expected outcomes:
- The scientific community has better understanding of the biology of the pathogens (virus, bacteria etc.), its transmission, its interaction with humans, animals and plants, in particular in view of emerging threats to human health, such as infectious diseases and anti-microbial resistance.
- Health care providers and practitioners have access to and use appropriate medical countermeasures, e.g. vaccines, diagnostics, therapeutics and digital solutions.
- Health authorities have the evidence-base and tools for better public health measures.
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Non-communicable diseases risk reduction in adolescence and youth (Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases - GACD)

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Code: 17500 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-DISEASE-07-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2022 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

The topic is focused on implementation research about common risk prevention interventions targeting adolescents and youth to reduce the impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and vulnerable populations in high-income countries (HICs). Proposals should focus on implementation science around evidence-based interventions that promote healthy behaviours, and that have the potential to profoundly reduce the risk of chronic diseases and multimorbidity.

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Support for the functioning of the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R)

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Code: 17498 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-DISEASE-07-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/01/2022 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination 3 “Tackling diseases and reducing disease burden”.

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Integration of social innovation actors in innovation ecosystems

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Code: 17435 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2022-CONNECT-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 11/01/2022 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

The action aims to raise awareness and ease the access of social entrepreneurs to the resources of pan-European, national, regional and local innovation ecosystems. In addition, the action aims to have a lasting spill-over effect by bringing attention to the benefits of social innovation projects to the society as a whole, and to strategic priorities and objectives of the Commission in particular.

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Towards more inclusive networks and initiatives in European innovation ecosystems

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Code: 17431 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2022-CONNECT-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 11/01/2022 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

The topic aims to increase Europe’s innovation efficiency and capacity via expanding the cooperation and enlarging the participation of more diverse innovation stakeholders and territories in existing successful initiatives and networks that support innovation deployment in Member States, Associated Countries, at national, regional and/or local level.

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Support to the regions in developing pathways towards climate resilience and corresponding innovation agendas

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Code: 17426 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CLIMA-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 11/01/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

This topic aims to have at least 100 regions and communities that will have formulated their vision of a climate resilient future and the transformative adaptation pathways, plans and innovation portfolios to reach it. This action aims at providing the necessary knowledge, expertise, and services to support regions in the formulation of their climate resilient future and of their place-based transformative adaptation pathways, plans and innovation portfolios.

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Local engagement of citizens in the co-creation of societal transformational change for climate resilience

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Code: 17422 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CLIMA-02-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 11/01/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

The central aim of this topic is to support regions and communities in the meaningful and effective engagement of citizens and stakeholders in all phases of the Mission and in all steps of the region’s transformational journey to climate resilience.

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Development of climate change risk assessments in European regions and communities based on a transparent and harmonised Climate Risk Assessment approach

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Code: 17417 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CLIMA-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 11/01/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

The objective of this call focus on the preparation and the planning for climate resilience and the need for a better understanding of climate change related risks.

The proposal should address two distinctive actions:
- 1st Action- Development and beta testing of the climate risk and vulnerability assessment framework tool
- 2nd Action- Using the climate risk assessments framework tool in regions and communities, to conduct climate risks, vulnerabilities and impacts assessments as a basis for development or revision of local emergency and risk management plans.
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Towards asset level modelling of climate risks and adaptation

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Code: 17414 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CLIMA-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 11/01/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

The objective of this call focus on the preparation and the planning for climate resilience and the need for a better understanding of climate change related risks.

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Large scale demonstrators of climate resilience creating cross-border value

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Code: 17412 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CLIMA-02-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 11/01/2022 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

This topic aims to deliver deep demonstrations of systemic transformations to climate resilience. Proposals under this topic must deploy large-scale demonstrations of scientifically sound innovative solutions, combining technological and social innovation, with concrete measurable impacts leading to an increase of the resilience and adaptation capacity to climate change across the territory of the European Union and associated countries.

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Testing of the ERA Hub concept – pilot phase

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Code: 17386 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-30 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The scope of this action is to pilot the ERA Hub concept with a limited number of ecosystems through implementation in countries and regions where knowledge ecosystem structures aligned to the ERA Hubs concept already exist, combined with countries or regions where an integrated place-based approach is missing. The main goal of the action is to fine-tune through experimentation the designed concept of ERA Hubs and its technical specifications and compliance criteria, share practices, as well as provide a toolkit of best practices and activities that ensure a strong basis for a potential scale-up in different geographies across the EU territory in the next phase.

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Open schooling for science education and a learning continuum for all

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Code: 17383 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-70 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

This action aims to support a range of activities based on collaboration at local level between formal, non-formal and informal science education providers, enterprises and civil society in order to integrate the concept of open schooling, including all educational levels, in science education.

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The empirical and behavioural approach to research ethics and integrity

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Code: 17380 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-91 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

This action aims to improve the understanding of researchers’ behaviours and incorporate this knowledge in measures aiming at enhancing promotion of ethics and integrity principles through shared responsibility (individual and institutional), improved education and training processes and qualified mentoring and support.
In order to elucidate behavioural factors that may lead researchers to breach standards of research ethics and integrity, this action should perform a literature review, map the existing knowledge on behavioural ethics and moral psychology and identify research outcomes and research needs.

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Developing an effective ERA talent pipeline

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Code: 17370 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-50 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The European Research and Innovation system needs to optimize its support for the constant flow-through of highly skilled talents to match the demand of society and the economy. Establishing an enhanced framework for researchers’ careers within the EU towards a pipeline of highly skilled, creative, and resilient talents will accelerate the achievement of a knowledge-based society and economy.

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Developing and piloting training on the practice of open and responsible research and innovation

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Code: 17368 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-44 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

In order to ensure the excellence of EU research and innovation, the research workforce needs to strengthen skills related to integrity, avoidance of various forms of bias, including gender bias, non-discrimination and inclusion, FAIR data management, data robustness and reproducibility, dissemination and exploitation of results, and interdisciplinary research. These skills are needed at all stages of researchers’ careers, from undergraduate onwards (including as part of doctoral training).

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Acceleration Services in support of the institutional transformation of Higher Education Institutions

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Code: 17363 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-51 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The overall aim of the Higher Education Institutions acceleration services is to help institutions to successfully implement a strategy and roadmap for transformation, by creating a shared knowledge base, coaching service and virtual meeting place for them to connect with peers and other ecosystem actors, as well as with investors and public funders.

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Horizon impact award

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Code: 17359 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ImpactPrize | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/01/2022 | End submission calls: 08/03/2022

The Commission will award on an annual basis a recognition prize to reward beneficiaries that have successfully used their research results to create value for society. This action aims to illustrate the wider socio-economic benefits of the EU investment in research and innovation and to encourage project beneficiaries to best manage and use their research results.

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Better understanding of the impact of risk factors and health determinants on the development and progression of cancer

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Code: 17252 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CANCER-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

This topic will contribute to the achievement of the mission’s goal through a better understanding of the impact of risk factors and health determinants on the development and progression of cancer (including metastasis). The focus should be on poorly understood cancers and cancer subtypes, including in children and adolescents.

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National engagement sessions and support to the establishment of soil health living labs

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Code: 17247 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 24/03/2022

The successful proposal will ensure an effective launch of the first soil health living labs and lighthouses by preparing and supporting stakeholder communities across Member States and Associated countries and ensuring land managers, industries, consumers and society at large work together and take effective action on soil health across sectors and land uses.

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Linking soil health to nutritional and safe food

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Code: 17244 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 24/03/2022

Soils are essential for the global food system and regulate water, carbon and nitrogen cycles but are put under pressure from population growth and climate change. The quality of the soil plays a central role in determining food quality as it provides the substrate and building blocks for the growth of plants and their edible food produce, which are then harvested for consumption. There is a need to build on the existing knowledge resulting from the latest EU R&I activities and infrastructures that elicit the link between soil, food, diets and human health.

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Mediterranean sea basin lighthouse - actions to prevent, minimise and remediate litter and plastic pollution

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Code: 17241 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-03-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

In line with the EU Zero Pollution Action Plan for Air, Water and Soil, proposals should demonstrate scalable breakthrough innovations (technological, business, social and governance) to prevent and minimize marine and freshwater pollution from litter, plastics and microplastics. Following the zero pollution hierarchy, proposals should focus on demonstrating replicable solutions to prevent and minimise pollution in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Atlantic and Arctic basins lighthouse – coordination activities

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Code: 17239 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-02-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

Project results are expected to structure the effect to consolidate and engage a wide community of relevant stakeholders across the Atlantic and Arctic sea basins able to ensure an effective governance structure. Also, they are expected to increase awareness and involvement of citizens in its implementation in the Atlantic and Arctic seas basins and beyond. It is also focus on effective provision of technical services, governance and business models to support and guarantee a sustainable socio-economic development of the Atlantic and Arctic seas basins.

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Incentives and business models for soil health

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Code: 17236 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 24/03/2022

Project results are expected to increase opportunities for investments in soil health across value chains as well as novel opportunities for developing and diversifying income for land managers. Also they are expected to increase awareness about the value of investing in soil health and its various co-benefits for land managers, businesses (incl. the financial and insurance sectors), local authorities and civil society. Also aims to enhance cooperation and new partnerships across different sectors to significantly improve soil health and support the manifold soil functions.

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The relation of young generations with the sea and water: values, expectations, and engagement

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Code: 17232 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-05-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

The results of the project are expected to provide evidence and documented results for the formulation of future initiatives, policies and strategies that address social change, future needs and expectations of new generations in relation to the sustainability of aquatic ecosystems and enhance the literacy of the oceans between them. The connection of the new generations with the oceans, seas and waters is also expected to be better understood, ultimately leading to new products and services, thus supporting the innovative potential of the marine / shipping related sectors. This will provide information and help outline social interaction plans for new participatory approaches and networking opportunities, aiming to bring the younger generation closer to the sea and the water and to create or strengthen their emotional connection with it.

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Danube river basin lighthouse – coordination activities

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Code: 17227 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-02-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to the effect of consolidate and engage a wide community of relevant stakeholders across the entire Danube river basin, including its delta, able to ensure an effective governance structure for the achievement of the Mission objectives. Also it is expected to contribute to an effective provision of technical services, governance and business models to support and guarantee a sustainable socio-economic development of the entire Danube river basin, including its delta as well as to focus on well-functioning basin scale innovation ecosystem attractive to investors and businesses.

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Mediterranean sea basin lighthouse – coordination activities

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Code: 17224 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-03-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

Proposals under this topic will bring together complementary public and/or private organisations and networks, and integrate heterogeneous expertise to support the rolling out of a “lighthouse” within Mediterranean sea basin and provide a broad portfolio of services ensuring the development and deployment of innovative solutions addressing the objectives of the Mission Ocean, seas and waters in the lighthouse area.

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Danube river basin lighthouse – restoration of fresh and transitional water ecosystems

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Code: 17222 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

Proposals will show an effective and economically profitable way to freshwater ecosystem restoration and their sustainable use in the Danube river basin (including the transitional waters of Danube river delta), focusing on the reduction of the impact of artificial river flow barriers on wildlife movement, restoration and protection of biodiversity and valuable ecosystems (biodiversity hotspots), protection of inhabited areas against floods, measures to reduce impact of drought on freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity as well as sustainable management of river sediments.

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Develop and validate a set of quality of life and patient preference measures for cancer patients and survivors

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Code: 17204 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CANCER-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Proposals under this topic should aim to contribute to cancer patients, survivors and caregivers will benefit from enhanced quality of life, more effective and less burdensome treatments with better supportive care and counselling approaches. Health care professionals, supportive workers, counsellors and industry will be better aware of the (unmet) needs, expectations and preferences of cancer patients, survivors and their relatives and be compelled to address them.

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Next generation soil advisors

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Code: 17188 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 24/03/2022

The objective of this topic is to promote the emergence of specialised “soil advisors” and to strengthen the skills of existing advisors and in view of promoting the uptake of innovations for sustainable land management practices by farmers, foresters and other land managers and owners throughout Europe.

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Engage with and activate municipalities and regions to protect and restore soil health

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Code: 17177 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 24/03/2022

The main objective of this topic is to create spaces and practices for regional and local dialogues on soil health and land management, in order to develop a shared understanding of the nature of the challenges and co-create public (including policy response) and private solutions for the protection and restoration of soil health.

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Validating and further developing indicators for soil health and functions

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Code: 17175 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 24/03/2022

The results of the project to contribute to a harmonized and economic framework for measuring soil health and for the development of a soil health index, based on a widely accepted definition of soil health. In the long run, the results may support harmonized soil monitoring and reporting in Europe, as targeted by the new EU soil strategy. We also need to significantly improve soil health monitoring capabilities and evaluate the results of management practices and measures based on a set of robust soil health indicators (status and change) and receptors for different uses land. It should also focus on supporting policy development and creating incentives for sustainable soil management through increased data on the links between soil health, soil functions and ecosystem services.

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Piloting citizen science in marine and freshwater domains

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Code: 17170 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-05-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

Proposals should connect EU citizens and local communities with the ocean, seas and waters, facilitate broad ownership and education and co-design the transitions within the communities that will allow the European Green Deal targets to be reached. Proposals should also help to create a stronger emotional connection between society and aquatic ecosystems and collective responsibility, as well as elicit interest in taking action.

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Lighthouse in the Baltic and the North Sea basins - Low impact marine aquaculture and multi-purpose use of marine space

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Code: 17168 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-04-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

Proposals will show the way to profitable and sustainable seafood farming away from the densely populated coasts of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. Such farming will not depend on fossil fuels; a focus should be on low trophic level species. Increased production will not lead to increased pressure on the ecosystem, therefore will not compromise the achievement of Good Environmental Status.

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Atlantic and Arctic basin lighthouse - restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems and increased climate resilience

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Code: 17164 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

Proposals are expected to focus on marine ecosystem restoration at a large scale through:
-reduction of pressures (e.g. from fishing, pollution, extraction, barriers, and other human activities);
– application of ecosystem-based management, nature-based and building with nature restoration measures boosting resilience to climate change (e.g. sea level rise, floods, loss of permafrost in the Arctic) and mitigating its impacts;
– other effective locally adapted restoration measures and appropriate combinations of all the above.

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Develop new methods and technologies for cancer screening and early detection

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Code: 17161 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CANCER-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Research is needed to develop and validate non-invasive, or minimally invasive cancer screening and detection methodologies for everyday medical practice and population-based screening programmes, including enhanced participation of the target population. These programmes should become faster, more precise and personalised, affordable and accessible.

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Social, economic and cultural factors driving land management and land degradation

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Code: 17145 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 24/03/2022

Avoiding soil degradation and fostering soil health is for a large part conditional upon the land management practices implemented by land managers, together with pressures on natural and semi-natural habitats. Those practices are framed by several factors (economic, social and cultural) and by the policies applied (agriculture, spatial planning, environment, economic, land tenure, etc.). It is necessary to understand those factors and the manner to influence them, so that farmers and other land managers in rural and urban areas are supported in implementing practices that are conducive to soil health and related ecosystem services.

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Baltic and North Sea basin lighthouse – coordination activities

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Code: 17142 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-04-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

Proposals under this topic will bring together complementary public and/or private organisations and networks, and integrate heterogeneous expertise to support the rolling out of a “lighthouse” within Baltic and North sea basins and provide a broad portfolio of services ensuring the development and deployment of innovative solutions addressing the objectives of the Mission Ocean, seas and waters in the lighthouse area.

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From knowledge gaps to roadmaps on soil mission objectives

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Code: 17137 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 24/03/2022

For effective coordination and implementation of the mission’s activities, it is necessary to have a detailed view of already existing knowledge, main knowledge gaps and drivers of soil health along with a common understanding of pathways (R&I and other actions) to act on soil health in line with the mission’s specific objectives. Such “roadmaps” for action for each of the mission’s specific objectives should integrate the needs from different disciplines and sectors and address various soil types, land uses and climatic zones across Europe.

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Underlying models for the European Digital Twin Ocean

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Code: 17131 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-05-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

The objective is to prepare the next generation of EU digital ocean models (Twin Ocean) complementary to the Copernicus marine service. They should be integrated into the architecture of the European Digital Twin Ocean, a public infrastructure (linked action with topic “EU Public Infrastructure for the European Digital Twin”: EU Public Infrastructure for the European Digital Twin Ocean, included under Other actions) to ensure access to required input and validation data (e.g. from EMODnet, EuroGOOS etc.), high performance and distributed cloud computing facilities.

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European Blue Parks

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Code: 17118 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/12/2021 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

Proposals under this topic will focus on innovation actions in protection, conservation and enhancement of the EU’s blue natural capital that have the potential to be up scaled and reproduced at European level and beyond. Proposals will develop a strategic approach towards identifying needs, sharing innovation and transferring solutions between initiatives to create well managed marine protected areas.

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Pushing the limit of physical intelligence and performance (RIA)

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Code: 16965 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Proposals are expected to focus on technology and systems that significantly extend the physical capability of robots beyond the state of the art.

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European Enabling technologies for Beyond 5G/6G RAN disaggregated architectures (RIA)

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Code: 16959 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-30 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Proposals are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Availability of European capabilities for enabling hardware, computing, signal processing technologies for beyond 5G (B5G) and future 6G infrastructures in the context of disaggregated, virtualized networks, for both small cell networks and cloud-based macro RANs.
- Availability of European capabilities for B5G/6G computing based on new computing architectures for Base station including accelerators (e.g. FPGA’s) capable of supporting even the most demanding 5G/6G processes in cloud servers and white box base stations or routers.
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Advanced characterisation methodologies to assess and predict the health and environmental risks of nanomaterials (RIA)

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Code: 16957 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-35 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The development of reliable and practical tools to ensure the safe and sustainable use of nanomaterials has not kept pace with the rapid commercialization of nanotechnology-enabled products. The dynamic nature of many nanomaterials in complex environmental matrices is recognized as a major challenge for their detection, quantification and characterization. Consequently, there is an urgent need to establish appropriate methods for cost-efficient assessment and prediction of the health and environmental effects of nanomaterials.

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Ultra low energy and secure networks (RIA)

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Code: 16955 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-39 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The research covers enabling technologies for the long term objective of
i) ultra low energy networks and corresponding EU industrial capability for end-to-end all-optical communications with no electro-optical conversion
ii) ultra high security over fibre nets (e.g quantum grade beyond today’s range limitation).
Complementary protocol level work may be considered to alleviate IP limitations, making networks deterministic, drastically reducing energy needs whilst increasing performances in terms of security, control by applications of differentiated features, and implementability as “Network on a Chip”.

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AI for human empowerment (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 16952 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Innovative and promising approaches are encouraged, including human-in the loop approaches for truly mixed human-AI initiatives combining the best of human and machine knowledge and capabilities, tacit knowledge extraction (to design the next generation AI-driven co-creation and collaboration tools embodied e.g. in industrial/working spaces environments).
Build the next level of perception, visualisation, interaction and collaboration between humans and AI systems working together as partners to achieve common goals, sharing mutual understanding and learning of each other’s abilities and respective roles.

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Next Generation Safer Internet: Technologies to identify digital Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) (RIA)

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Code: 16948 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The proposals aim to develop mature tools that support the analytical work of LEAs and Hotlines, based on relevant classifiers that correspond to typical elements/characteristics of CSAM. The tools should allow identification, categorisation and prioritisation of digital CSAM from large data sets. The solutions should be robust enough and provide sufficient information to help Hotline analysts and law enforcement officers in their assessments.

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NGI International Collaboration - USA and Canada (RIA)

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Code: 16945 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The aim of the topic is to reinforce EU cooperation and strategic partnerships with the US and Canada in the area of Next Generation Internet, and to establish a continuous dialogue among the actors involved in the US, Canadian and EU programmes, in particular as far as internet standardisation is concerned. The focus should be on trust and data sovereignty, in particular digital identity, and on internet architecture renovation and decentralised technologies.

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Increased robotics capabilities demonstrated in key sectors (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 16943 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Proposals will integrate novel robotics technologies into solutions that are capable of autonomously taking over dangerous, dull and dirty jobs, or that are capable of achieving tasks beyond human capabilities, in a range of innovative applications in key sectors or that are capable of reaching the level of reactivity, flexibility and adaptivity and natural intelligibility required for smooth and beneficial human-robot, as well as robot-robot collaboration and interaction.

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eXtended Reality Learning - Engage and Interact (IA)

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Code: 16940 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-19 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

eXtended Reality, combining human-machine interactions with real, mix, augmented and virtual environments, allows for higher engagement with teaching material and more efficient interaction with complex problems or new environments. Proposals will make use of XR technologies to develop and test virtual tools for teaching and learning.

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eXtended Reality Technologies (RIA)

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Code: 16935 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

New digital interaction technologies are playing an essential role in the transformation by enabling us to interact naturally and intuitively with digital information in the physical world. This topic asks for research and innovation proposals to develop and demonstrate novel eXtended Reality technologies, combining human-machine interactions and real, mixed, augmented and virtual environments, aiming to augment the capabilities of users and machines and to provide seamless and persistent physical-digital experiences, while guaranteeing the privacy and rights of individuals and companies and ensuring safe, secure and trustworthy interactions.

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International cooperation in semiconductors (CSA)

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Code: 16933 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-38 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Within the context of semiconductor and semiconductor-based photonics (e.g. Silicon photonics), the CSA will support the EC.

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AI, Data and Robotics for Industry optimisation (including production and services) (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 16923 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Proposals are expected to integrate and optimise AI, data and robotics solutions in order to demonstrate, by addressing use-cases scenarios in actual or highly realistic operating environments, how they optimise production and service use cases.

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Advanced multi-sensing systems (Photonics Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 16921 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The proposals will enable breakthroughs in sensor systems by combining component development, system integration, packaging and cost-effective manufacturing processes. They should propose innovative approaches capable of acquiring, processing and interpreting vast amounts of sensory input data, where relevant, while reducing significantly overall energy consumption.

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Internet architecture and decentralised technologies (RIA)

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Code: 16919 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The Internet architecture has developed as a mix of centralised, networked and devicebased technologies with design choices largely coming from the past. At the same time, ever-larger fractions of the internet as we know it today are operated by a small number of platforms controlling end-users’ data, online transactions and infrastructure, effectively leading to a concentration and centralisation of the Internet.

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Open source for cloud-based services (RIA)

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Code: 16913 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-26 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The objective of this topic is to complete the continuous path from flagship projects at the component level, such as the EPI, and cloud services. Emphasis is on the software and hardware interfaces between the aforementioned new processing architectures and cloud applications with the aid of relevant widely available ICT industry standards and Open Source stacks.

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Towards a silent and ultra-low local air pollution aircraft

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Code: 16537 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

This topic aims to support the EU and ICAO LAQ and noise policies. This topic aims for new aircraft and engine technologies that satisfy the design and operational interdependencies between CO2, non-CO2 and noise emissions, are compatible with approved operational procedures and are aligned with the European industrial roadmaps for further development, validation and integration beyond 2030.

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Exploiting electrical energy storage systems and better optimising large battery electric power within fully battery electric and hybrid ships (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 16535 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Electrification and electrical energy storage is one of the major drivers for climate neutrality in the waterborne sector. 100% electrical power can potentially be used on any kind of vessel, with an initial focus on ferries and short sea shipping where re-charging can be frequent, but also extending within hybrid applications to larger vessels on longer routes as well as to high power vessels and high-end complex ships with a high number and a wide variety of electrical consumers.

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New generation of full electric urban and peri-urban Bus Rapid Transit systems to strengthen climate-friendly mass transport (2ZERO)

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Code: 16519 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Τhe investment in innovations in city buses (e.g. clean propulsion) can be optimized through BRT systems. As such, revisiting the concept of BRT with new, enabling technologies and solutions offers a key opportunity to reduce the carbon footprint of the transport sector, particularly in cities.
The focus of projects is expected to be on mass transport, full electric Bus Rapid Transit (e-BRT) systems using full size buses (M3).

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European Aviation Research Policy in support to EU policies and initiatives

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Code: 16516 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

This topic focuses on the development of a new European aviation research policy framework.

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Nextgen EV components: High efficiency and low cost electric motors for circularity and low use of rare resources (2ZERO)

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Code: 16509 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Electrical machines are a fundamental part of zero emission powertrains for all classes of road vehicles, but the target of this topic is the core market (with powertrains of 50-120kW continuous power).

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Transformation of the existing fleet towards greener operations through retrofitting (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 16506 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Progress towards climate neutrality of waterborne transport can be achieved more quickly by means of retrofit solutions that improve the performance of the existing fleet (sea-going and IWT) whilst solutions which are exclusive to new ships can only be implemented at the pace of the commercially driven fleet renewal.
With the comparatively long life cycles of waterborne assets and their high initial capital costs addressing the existing fleet is paramount in order to achieve fast and tangible results. Therefore, interventions that are easily implemented by shipyards, ship owners and operators need to be developed in the shortest possible time to reduce emissions from vessels already in service, both seagoing and those operating in inland navigation.

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Exploiting renewable energy for shipping, in particular focusing on the potential of wind energy (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 16500 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

The use of on-board renewable energies, in particular automated wind assistance, has potential to substantially reduce the ship’s energy demands and hence reduce fuel consumption. With wind being a genuinely maritime feature shipping would also avoid costly competition with other transport sectors for sustainable fuels.

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Computational tools for shipbuilding

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Code: 16497 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Advanced computational systems are essential to Europe’s competitive advantage in the construction, maintenance, conversion and repair of the world’s most complex, high added value ships. Systems need to feed into competitive production processes as well as support potential changes to a ship design during its entire life-cycle. Νew concepts for a reliable and cost efficient roll-out of advanced platforms and tools are expected to be developed and demonstrated. Furthermore developments should benefit the wider European shipbuilding sector and address the necessary skills development to enable full exploitation of the advanced computation tools.

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Modular multi-powertrain zero-emission systems for HDV (BEV and FCEV) for efficient and economic operation (2ZERO)

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Code: 16491 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

The call is asking for a modular and flexible powertrain approach for large heavy-duty trucks which can serve varying mission demands (range, power and re-charging/-fuelling requirements) by varying battery/tank sizes to serve different missions and driving profiles within one vehicle platform.

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Prevent smog episodes in Europe: Air quality impact of engine-emitted volatile, semi volatile and secondary particles

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Code: 16488 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

The impact of transport emissions on air quality and health is relatively well known as far as direct pollutants emission are concerned. However, some of the emissions from engines and combustion processes in general are also leading to further formation of health impacting compounds due to atmospheric aerosol chemistry, and the specific impact of these compounds is less understood (except for ozone, whose chemistry has been widely studied for other reasons). Also, in fields where regulation limits particles emissions (cars, trucks, aircraft, non-road mobile machinery) current engine particles emissions count only assesses the number of solid particles, disregarding the so-called volatile and semi-volatile particles, thus underestimating the impact on air quality and health.

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Innovative energy storage systems on-board vessels (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 16484 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Battery based electric energy storage systems are increasingly deployed within the waterborne sector, particularly for sea short shipping, complex high-end ships and inland navigation.
Fully battery electric shipping is demanding, requiring very high energy levels to achieve a realistic operational range and the necessary speed and thrust performance, whilst hybrid applications can also be excessively large. Both hybrid and full battery operations are subject to many more charging cycles and longer lifetimes than other transport applications.

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Digital aviation technologies for new aviation business models, services, emerging global threats and industrial competitiveness

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Code: 16482 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

The topic aims to enable new digital aviation technologies for new aircraft business models and services, (e.g. EGNSS-based search and rescue, urban air-mobility, firefighting, AI-based technologies, digital data platforms) as well as minimise the risk from emerging threats (extreme weather phenomena, cybersecurity, COVID-19 communicable diseases) to aviation.

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Stimulating Road Transport research and innovation dissemination and implementation in Europe and around the World

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Code: 16480 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

The objective of this topic is to promote sustainable road transport in Europe and at international level. This action will contribute to a further harmonisation of research and innovation activities, and therefore contribute to the European Research Area, as well as to the European strategies for future transport systems. The action should also help accelerating time to market of new mobility solutions, by stimulating a wider participation to EU activities and supporting European and worldwide dissemination of results. In addition, this initiative will support climate action and air quality improvement in line with the Green Deals targets and objectives, and contribute to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals.

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Seamless safe logistics through an autonomous waterborne freight feeder loop service

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Code: 16476 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/12/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Digitisation and automation are increasingly disrupting business models and the operation of the waterborne transport sector.
Automated maritime or inland waterways feeder services are seen as the most promising applications where the feasibility and commercialisation of automated shipping can be proven. In particular, an autonomous waterborne feeder loop or shuttle service providing regular reliable, resilient and integrated supplies of freight with an ambition of zero emissions is likely to have many applications.

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Extreme data mining, aggregation and analytics technologies and solutions (RIA)

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Code: 16451 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/11/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The actions under this topic are expected to provide ground-breaking advances in the performance, speed and/or accuracy as well as usefulness of data discovery, collection, mining, filtering and processing in view of coping with “extreme data”: (defined as data that exhibits one or more of the following characteristics, to an extent that makes current technologies fail: increasing volume, speed, variety; complexity/diversity/multilinguality of data; the dispersed data sources; sparse/missing/insufficient data/extreme variations in values).

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Programming tools for decentralised intelligence and swarms (RIA)

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Code: 16447 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 03/11/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

This topic focuses on the development of agile and secure architectures, dynamic programming environments and tools for the compute continuum from the device and edge perspective, including energy-efficient, lightweight AI-based approaches, tools for decentralised device and edge intelligence, innovative mesh architectures with mixed topologies to support concepts like tactile internet and swarm intelligence.

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Technologies and solutions for data trading, monetizing, exchange and interoperability (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 16443 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/11/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The focus is on technologies, solutions and frameworks that facilitate the collection, sharing, storing, processing, trading and re-using of data in compliance with the legal framework and satisfying the needs, expectations and rights of the data providers, brokers, users and data subjects.

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Cognitive Cloud: AI-enabled computing continuum from Cloud to Edge (RIA)

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Code: 16440 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/11/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Highly innovation cloud management layer, makes the best application of artificial intelligence techniques and AI models with automatic adaptation to the computing resources (i.e., connectivity, computing & storage) in cloud and edge to optimize where data are being processed (e.g. very close to the user at the edge, or in centralised capacities in the cloud).

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Methods for exploiting data and knowledge for extremely precise outcomes (analysis, prediction, decision support), reducing complexity and presenting insights in understandable way (RIA)

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Code: 16438 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/11/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Proposal results are expected to contribute to the improvement of automated ways for extracting meaning and providing insights from data extremely fast and/or accurately in order to optimize decision making (ranging from crisis/emergency management to predictive maintenance) or action planning, as well as demonstrating how these improvements can have great positive impacts for society, people, economy, or the environment.

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Education and skills for the EU space sector

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Code: 16435 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-72 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Competitiveness and innovation of the EU space sector depends on the availability of high educational standards and skilled professionals across a range of qualifications and the possibility for these professionals to upgrade and update their skills. This is also in the interest of the research and innovation community where the quality of the results and the impact of EU-funded research is a precursor of the future space sector. The EU also plays a role in the aligning of educational degrees to provide more opportunities and promote mobility of professionals and researchers across countries and sectors.

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Copernicus Climate Change Service evolution

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Code: 16431 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-41 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Projects are expected to enhance quality and efficiency of the current service evolution to respond to (a) policy and/or user requirements (b) technological developments implementing the space regulation (c) complementing the challenges targeted by the Horizon Europe Mission on “Adaptation to climate change including societal transformation”. Also are expected to develop efficient and reliable new product chains, calling for new paradigms in data fusion, data processing and data visualisation essential for the service are expected to handle more high-volume satellite data sets and product sets.
Development of new algorithms and processing chains preparing for the use of new types of space observation data (being from new Sentinels, other contributing missions or ESA Earth Explorer missions) in order to allow the development of new products or the improvement of existing products.

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Future space ecosystems: on-orbit operations, new system concepts

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Code: 16428 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Each project is expected to contribute to one or several of the following outcomes:
- A future space ecosystem, fostering the industrialisation and business in space as well as supporting scientifically meaningful missions by using synergies with terrestrial sectors, building on spacecraft modularity, simplifying operations and make plug-and-play modules more common as well as enabling on-orbit services such as maintenance, assembly, manufacturing, re-configuration, recycling, logistics, warehousing, etc.
- Game-changing technologies, tools and processes enhancing on-orbit servicing applications and contribute to the protection of the in-space future ecosystem (e.g. debris mitigation).
- A paradigm shift towards sustainable, highly automated, flexible and economical viable space infrastructure, to maximise commercial opportunities in space and on Earth.
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Copernicus Security and Emergency Services evolution

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Code: 16415 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-43 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

It is necessary to focus on timeliness access to data, the need to reduce the gap between user needs and service provision, new paradigms in data fusion, automation and inclusion of wider sets of complementary, non-EO data to demonstrate the viability of extending services to a broader range of users (relevant authorities from European to local levels) and to better monitor security and emergency threats at regional or local level.

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Low cost high thrust propulsion for European strategic space launchers - technologies maturation including ground tests

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Code: 16412 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-22 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Cost reduction and improving flexibility of European launch systems are the main challenges in order to foster European industry competitiveness on the global market.
The propulsion systems represent a significant part of launch system costs. It is necessary to mature new or optimised low cost effective (lower number of parts, better operability), high performance (high thrust to weight ratio, high specific impulse) and green propulsion concepts, technologies and propellants for high thrust engines.

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Technologies and generic building blocks for Electrical Propulsion

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Code: 16391 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

This topic aims at increasing the effort for maturing technologies and generic building blocks towards both incremental and disruptive technologies for Electric Propulsion systems products up to TRL 5/6 for thruster components, electric power architecture and products, as well as fluidic management systems and components. Furthermore, the topic addresses next generation industrial manufacturing processes and support to activities intending to allow in orbit demonstration/validation (IOD/IOV).

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Copernicus evolution for cross-services thematic domains

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Code: 16388 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-44 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The areas of R&I, which needs to be addressed to tackle the above expected outcomes are:
- Development of a proof-of-concept or prototype with a Copernicus based-solution to improve the European capacity for monitoring and forecasting the Arctic accessed via a single entry point which can be easily integrated into the existing service(s).
- Development of a proof-of-concept or prototype with a Copernicus-based solution to improve the European capacity for monitoring the UN Sustainable Development Goals indicators accessed via a single entry point which can be easily integrated into the existing service(s) (such as long-time series to monitor atmosphere composition and air quality, the health of ocean and in land waters, and regular mapping of land use).
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New space transportation solutions and services

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Code: 16356 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-23 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Projects are expected to contribute to EU Green Deal objective through the reduction of the environmental impact of space transportation and to be prepared for the upcoming REACH regulations, especially with respect to the use of hydrazine and its derivatives, focusing on commercial market as a driver for business growth. Also is expected to contribute to expand commercial space transportation offer and services with new space transportation solutions. The objective is to contribute to double the accessible new space transportation service market to European industry by 2030.
It is also expected to design and performance studies as well as business cases.

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Quantum technologies for space gravimetry

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Code: 16345 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-62 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The scope of this topic is the development of EU technologies and components for a space quantum gravimeter or gradiometer (this may include hybrid sensors, relying both on quantum and classical technologies) and which will lead to the development of an Engineering Model and its potential qualification for a pathfinder mission.

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End-to-end Earth observation systems and associated services

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Code: 16333 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The expected outcomes of this topic will enable flexible satellite Earth-observation end-to-end systems, including the ground segment subsystem with explicit aspects of ground control centres and operations, as a strong subject of the “new space” and a very dynamic market environment with high potential. Competitiveness will be strengthened by providing growing capacity, as well as flexibility and agility to face uncertainties and market evolutions and improving system availability and latency to deliver high-quality experience to end-users.

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Copernicus Land Monitoring Service evolution

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Code: 16331 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-43 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Project results are expected to enhance quality and efficiency of the current service to respond respectively to policy and/or user requirements and to technological developments. Also is expected to develop efficient and reliable new products chains, calling for new paradigms in data fusion, data processing and data visualisation as well as to develop new algorithms and processing chains preparing for the use of the new types of space observation data (being from new Sentinels or other contributing missions) in order to allow development of new products or the improvement of existing products.

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Future space ecosystems: on-orbit operations, preparation of orbital demonstration mission

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Code: 16329 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The expected outcomes of this topic is to prepare a European pioneering, high-impact but low-cost orbital demonstration mission for On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) in 2025-2026 period that will demonstrate and showcase European know-how, support market generation, open new business opportunities, foster international cooperation and deliver a long-lasting impact in the future space ecosystem.

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Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service evolution

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Code: 16319 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-41 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The main scope of this R&I is the development of new and innovative models for marine ecosystems monitoring and related biogeochemistry. These models will be used to prepare Copernicus-based solutions for different policies areas and for the challenges related to biodiversity conservation. Some specific domains will be the exploitation of the dynamics of the biological component of the ocean in terms of ‘fauna and flora’, how this marine living component behaves in relation to the ocean physics (temperature, currents, sediments), its biochemistry composition (in particular the plankton-to-fish links), climate change and the man-made pressures (e.g. transport, pollution, fisheries, etc.).

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End-to-end satellite communication systems and associated services

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Code: 16315 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The expected outcomes of this topic will enable flexible end-to-end satellite communication system (including both space and ground segment) with high productivity and growing data and service requirements. Competitiveness will be strengthened by providing growing capacity per system, as well as flexibility and agility to face uncertainties and market evolutions and improving system availability and latency to deliver high-quality experience to end-users.

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Copernicus Anthropogenic CO₂ Emissions Monitoring & Verification Support (MVS) capacity

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Code: 16313 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-42 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The areas of R&I, which needs to be addressed to tackle the above expected outcomes:
- New and innovative methodologies to improve the definition of the correlations between emissions of co-emitted species (CO₂, NO₂, CO, CH₄) in support of CO₂ fossil fuel emission estimation.
- New and innovative methods to better use of auxiliary observations such as ¹⁴C (radiocarbon), SIF (Solar Induced Fluorescence), and APO (Atmospheric Potential Oxygen) to separate anthropogenic CO₂ emissions from the natural variability of CO_2.
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Reusability for European strategic space launchers - technologies and operation maturation including flight test demonstration

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Code: 16308 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-21 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

R&I will focus on reusability concepts including required technologies that have a strong potential for cost reduction, starting with the recovery of the most expensive components such as first stage. It can also increase launch flexibility by reducing lead-time from order to launch by helping to adapt efficiently the launch rate and the performance to market variations. In addition, reusability would contribute to align space economy with the ecological transition to sustainability.

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Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service evolution

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Code: 16306 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-42 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The R&I, which needs to be addressed:

New and innovative data assimilation of atmospheric composition satellite observations to expand the use of satellite data streams in the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) operational global and regional production systems, to improve the quality of the CAMS global and regional reactive gases and aerosol information products (analyses, forecasts and reanalyses) and to deliver near-real-time observations-based emissions of reactive gases and aerosol at the global scale.
New methods and measurements for quantifying uncertainties for atmospheric CAMS composition products in the context of decision-making as well as of environmental policies development and implementation to be directly useful for the users of the product.

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Multi sites flexible industrial platform and standardised technology for improving interoperability of European access to space ground facilities

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Code: 16270 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-21 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

It is necessary to improve the cost efficiency of the access to space ground facilities and of launch systems production and operations for the strategic launchers essential for the implementation of EU space programme.
The activities address technologies maturation applicable to strategic launch systems able to launch EU Space Programme components, with the objective of enabling operational capacities by 2030.

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Space technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness

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Code: 16267 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-81 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Projects are expected to reduce the dependence on critical technologies and capabilities for future space applications. To develop or regain in the mid-term the European capacity to operate independently in space as well as to enhance the technical capabilities and overall competitiveness of European space industry vendors on the worldwide market. Overall, to improve the European space technology landscape and complement and/or create synergy with activities of European and national programmes either in the space or non-space fields.

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Space science and exploration technologies

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Code: 16265 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-82 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The development of innovative instrumentation (payload) and technologies enabling space science and exploration missions requires timely technology development associated with future space science and exploration missions, including robotic exploration technologies, early stage scientific instrumentation and component technologies for space resources utilisation and space observatories. The development of new and innovative approaches, such as instruments for Cubesats and other small space platforms, including planetary entry probe, or the use of Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components is encouraged as long as it contributes to the implementation of space science and exploration missions with significant scientific outputs.

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Space Weather

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Code: 16263 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-62 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Commonly occurring space weather events (SWE) have the potential to affect the performance of critical space and ground infrastructure by disrupting operations and communications in multiple sectors of society. Space weather technological research for new precursor services: the worldwide goal of space weather activities should be to monitor and forecast SWE just like terrestrial weather. Research and innovation activities should address application domains that may include space as well as terrestrial infrastructure.

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Strengthening the quantum software ecosystem for quantum computing platforms (RIA)

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Code: 16260 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 27/01/2022

Fostering a European quantum computing industry will require hardware, software, and the development of user interfaces. Proposal results are expected to develop quantum-specific algorithms and methods to apply them to problem-solving in a wide variety of industrial fields, giving European industry a competitive edge.

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Framework Partnership Agreements for open testing and experimentation and for pilot production capabilities for quantum technologies (FPA)

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Code: 16258 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-22 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 27/01/2022

Framework Partnership Agreements (FPAs) respectively for open testing, experimentation, and for pilot production capabilities for quantum technologies are expected to establish stable and structured partnerships between the Commission and the institutions and organisations. Proposals are expected to establish well-networked lab facilities that interact and support each other.

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Quantum sensing technologies for market uptake (IA)

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Code: 16254 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-20 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 27/01/2022

Proposals should address the development of relatively mature quantum sensing technologies and single or network-operating devices that have the potential to find a broad range of new applications in transportation, precise localisation, health, security, telecommunications, energy, electronics industry, construction, mining, prospection, and much more. Proposals should demonstrate advanced prototypes of such sensing technologies that provide an unprecedented level of precision and stability, making new types of sensing, imaging and analysis possible.

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Framework Partnership Agreement for developing large scale quantum simulation platform technologies (FPA)

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Code: 16252 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 27/01/2022

Proposals for FPAs should aim to build quantum simulators that are capable of simulating far beyond classical possibilities for hard-to-compute quantum or classical systems. The resulting simulator should be based on and reinforce existing physical platforms (such as ultra-cold atoms, trapped ions, Rydberg atoms, photonics or other qubits), therefore consolidating the European scientific leadership in this field. The simulator platform should include user-interfaces and software to allow applications of real world problems in e.g. material science, quantum chemistry and others.

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Framework Partnership Agreements in Quantum Communications (FPA)

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Code: 16250 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-19 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 27/01/2022

Proposals for FPAs are expected to develop quantum communication technologies with improved performance and security to ensure European leadership. They are expected to build on the ongoing projects supported under the Quantum Flagship ramp up phase and on those currently defining the EuroQCI initiative. Their focus should lie mainly in realising a quantum communication/information network, over very large distances, well beyond what is currently possible, and enabling advanced application functionality for distributing resources such as entanglement.

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Framework Partnership Agreement for developing the first large-scale quantum computers (FPA)

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Code: 16248 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-15 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 27/01/2022

Framework Partnership Agreements (FPAs) in quantum computing are expected to establish a stable and structured partnership between the Commission and the institutions and organisations in quantum computing who commit themselves to establishing, maintaining and implementing a strategic research roadmap aligned with and contributing to the Quantum Flagship Strategic Research Agenda in a scalable open quantum computing platform based on a specific quantum platform technology.

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Basic Science for Quantum Technologies (RIA)

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Code: 16235 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 27/01/2022

Proposals should aim to explore new quantum effects and gain new knowledge that is not limited to the pillar activities, and which may contribute to new quantum technologies and applications in the long term.

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Earth observation technologies for the mining life cycle in support of EU autonomy and transition to a climate-neutral economy (RIA)

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Code: 16232 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Actions should develop and innovate new methods to analyse Earth Observation data, enabling systematic mineral exploration and continuous monitoring of extraction, closure and post closure activities. These developments and innovations should be built upon Copernicus satellite constellations, and/or European national and commercial satellite missions, including, e.g. COSMO-Skymed, EnMAP, PRISMA, TerraSAR-X, airborne and low-altitude platforms, ground based remote sensing, also including conventional in situ techniques, methods and field work measurements.

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Technological solutions for tracking raw material flows in complex supply chains (RIA)

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Code: 16227 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

There is a need to improve supply chain data transparency and traceability, enabling consumers and downstream producers to have information about the origins of metals in finished products. In order to achieve the expected outcomes, it is advised to involve industrial users from the downstream side. Due diligence has numerous research gaps in this area which need to be addressed in order to limit complexity and enable a level playing field for responsible sourcing of minerals.

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Sustainable and innovative mine of the future (IA)

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Code: 16225 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Actions should aim to develop new, enabling, operational solutions to improve capabilities and performance of the raw materials value chain: from in situ mineral exploration and permitting procedures, to mineral extraction and processing including recycling, as well as closure and post closure activities.

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Innovative solutions for efficient use and enhanced recovery of mineral and metal by-products from processing of raw materials (IA)

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Code: 16222 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

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Advanced lightweight materials for energy efficient structures (RIA)

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Code: 16217 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

A step change is needed to develop new sustainable and high performance lightweight materials and associated novel manufacturing techniques which comply with industrial demands for quality and reliability.

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Functional multi-material components and structures (RIA)

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Code: 16209 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

The manufacturing of multimaterial structures is a challenging task and many industries are today addressing specific critical challenges that come with mixing of materials. It is of great importance that multimaterial design is analysed from a holistic and multidisciplinary perspective where all aspects from design to manufacturing, use and recycling are included in the process. By combining several materials, proposals should advance the state of the art through the development of ready assembled multifunctional devices. The role of new development in additive manufacturing processes with dissimilar materials will be of importance.

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Innovative materials for advanced (nano)electronic components and systems (RIA)

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Code: 16205 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Europe aims to become a global role model for the digital economy and society. Electronic components and systems (ECS) are the building blocks for this. Electronic components and systems are core enablers and differentiators for the development of many innovative products and services in all sectors of the economy. Research and innovation are key to maintain the competitiveness of the European ECS industry, generating growth, creating value, jobs and prosperity. Materials innovation lies at the heart of this endeavour.

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Digital tools to support the engineering of a Circular Economy (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 16201 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

The focus is on developing new concepts, methods, and digital tools to support further engineering of the industrial processes for recycling, re-manufacturing, refurbishing, and reuse of manufactured products and components. Another challenge that falls within this scope is the human dimension. The support tools need to work with the user, and training, knowledge transfer, cognitive interfaces, as well as acceptance and uptake will be vital in the solutions proposed.

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Demonstrate the use of Digital Logbook for buildings (IA)

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Code: 16196 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

There is a need to demonstrate and realise the potential benefits of using digital depositories of information that accompany buildings throughout their lifecycle. These digital building logbooks (DBL) can potentially result in greater efficiency, circularity and transparency in the building stock. DBLs should also improve decision making for all actors along the lifecycle of the building, thereby facilitating better design choices and greater sustainability, contributing in this way to the New European Bauhaus initiative.

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Circular flows for solid waste in urban environment (Processes4Planet Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 16182 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Hubs for circularity for solid waste in urban environment tackles a fundamental issue of end of life materials representing a huge amount and broad range of solid wastes. Solid waste are intended here as process industry, manufacturing industry, construction industry waste and solid urban waste (consumer waste, End-of-Life waste). There is a need of innovative solution engaging waste management actors in novel value chains to valorise a significant part of those wastes, bringing full attention to upcycling back to secondary materials instead of down cycling of low re-use.

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Valorisation of CO/CO2 streams into added-value products of market interest (Processes4Planet Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 16180 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

The proposals submitted under this topic are expected to provide concepts for utilisation of CO/CO2 streams from point sources (e.g. large industrial installations such as steel, cement and chemical plants) converting them into added value products and/or intermediates and chemicals of wide interest (plastics, resins, composites, chemicals). The technologies proposed should support cross-sectorial concepts and sector integration paradigms. They should also be able to work efficiently in a renewable based energy system, coping with potential fluctuations in the energy supply or be fully self-sustained from an energy standpoint.
The topic excludes explicitly fuels and renewable energy storage concepts.

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Raw material preparation for clean steel production (Clean Steel Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 16174 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

The expected outcome are: projects related to the two main raw-materials in the iron and steelmaking route: the iron-ore and the scrap. As regards iron ore, the availability of high-grade iron ores is expected to become a more critical factor, as demand will increase. Therefore, technologies for the upgrade and the use of low-quality iron ores are needed. This includes low carbon technologies for sintering/ pelletisation and/or cold bonded iron ore agglomeration.

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New electrochemical conversion routes for the production of chemicals and materials in process industries (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 16171 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Advanced electrochemical systems, configurations and novel technologies can enable higher efficiencies and/or lower investments or operational costs. High temperature electrochemical processes, using ionic liquids or molten salts as electrolytes, offer interesting alternatives to the classical production processes as well opportunities for the development of sustainable technology. Paired synthesis, where two valuable products are generated through the cathodic and anodic reactions, can help to reduce energy consumption and costs (per unit product).
All these novel electrochemical paths need to integrate process design and optimisation with the development of advanced materials and reactor/cell components as well as low-energy separation processes.

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Modular and hybrid heating technologies in steel production (Clean Steel Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 16156 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Steel plant gases are partly used internally as heating gases and partly used externally, in nearby power plants, to produce electricity at high cost and high CO2 load. These gases could be used in reduction processes (blast furnace or even direct reduction) to reduce fossil carbon use, provided they are well prepared for injection in these processes.

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Integration of hydrogen for replacing fossil fuels in industrial applications (Processes4Planet Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 16150 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

Significant reduction of CO2 emissions of the industrial process, whilst keeping NOx levels at least not higher than the equivalent gas-based solutions. Improved energy efficiency of the industrial process as well as significant reduction of hydrogen fuel needs of the developed process with regards to the current fossil fuel needs. Also proposal will contribute to the competitive costs of the developed technologies as well as to the relevant indicators and metrics, with baseline values, should be clearly stated in the proposal.

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Circular and low emission value chains through digitalisation (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 16146 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Circularity is an essential part of a wider transformation of industry towards climate neutrality and long-term competitiveness. Circularity is in simple terms addressed by waste from one process becoming secondary materials for others, an efficient use in the value chain in order to close the loop or reuse in other industries, can be ensured only through a transparent information system. There is thus a need for designing and piloting an information system for raw materials and components in products throughout the whole value chain of process industries.

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Monitoring and supervising system for exploration and future exploitation activities in the deep sea (RIA)

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Code: 16142 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

The actions should design and develop a reliable and robust monitoring and inspection system for the exploration and future exploitation activities in the deep-sea. Projects should deliver appropriate technological and systemic solutions for such forecasting assessments.

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Developing digital platforms for the small scale extractive industry (IA)

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Code: 16138 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
a) Develop digital platforms (applications) addressing needs of small-scale operations, mining clusters and SMEs, to enable a transformative change in EU extractive industries ensuring EU raw materials autonomy, while protecting and restoring biodiversity, boost our resilience, fight climate change and recover from the COVID-19 crisis;
b) Develop business models and operation models.
c) Contribute to the digitalisation of the extractive industry.

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Streamlining cross-sectoral policy framework throughout the extractive life-cycle in environmentally protected areas (CSA)

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Code: 16128 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Streamlining more efficient, effective and transparent permitting procedures throughout the mineral extraction life-cycle in environmentally protected areas, would contribute to securing the sustainable access to primary raw materials, whilst taking into account and reconciling requirements in environmentally protected areas.

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Building and renovating by exploiting advanced materials for energy and resources efficient management (IA)

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Code: 16124 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Building envelopes and renovation materials that boost energy savings, save resources and decrease carbon emissions, both during construction and operation of the buildings. Europe’s building infrastructure needs a deep rehabilitation of residential buildings (including buildings of historic value) while lowering the costs of refurbishment.

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Advanced materials modelling and characterisation (RIA)

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Code: 16121 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-19 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

The future of European industrial manufacturing requires further advances in characterisation methods and computational modelling, in order to lead the way to the reliable design of new and sustainable materials and processes, rapid upscaling, and effective quality control. These advances can only be achieved through the development of innovative techniques and a new generation of instrumentation, responding to industrial needs.

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Climate Neutral and Circular Innovative Materials Technologies Open Innovation Test Beds (IA)

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Code: 16119 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-20 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Climate Neutral and Circular Innovative Materials Technologies are essential in enabling the transition towards a European decarbonised economy. Climate Neutral and Circular Innovative Materials Technologies Open Innovation Test Beds (OITBs) will support companies, especially SMEs, to become world leaders in clean products and technologies.

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Leveraging standardisation in Digital Technologies (CSA)

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Code: 16109 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-21 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

This action will involve and empower European stakeholders participating at the development of open technical specifications and standards with the aim to representing European values and ethics, strengthen the take-up, scalability cross-border and cross-sector interoperability of their technological solutions. The aim is to reinforce the presence of EU and associated states experts in the international ICT standardisation scene, by setting up a ICT standardisation observatory and a facility supporting the participation of key European specialists (especially from SMEs and Academia) in key international and global Standard Developing Organisations.

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Smart and multifunctional biomaterials for health innovations (RIA)

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Code: 16093 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Multifunctional biomaterials play a major part in shaping the future of Advanced Therapies and Medical Devices. Health applications may include but are not limited to tissue engineering, artificial organs, implants, bioinks for bioprinting platforms, microfluidics, bioactive scaffolds, wearable and implantable devices, in-vitro diagnostics etc.

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Membranes for gas separations - membrane distillation (IA)

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Code: 16074 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Membranes separation is one of the key process elements needed for the next level of resource efficiency and for greener industrial plants. Proposals will address the development of the new generation membrane materials from gas separation to membrane contactors in comparison to the current state-of-the-art. Guidance by modelling and simulation techniques should be provided to save on extensive experimentation and support up-scaling.

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'Innovate to transform' support for SME's sustainability transition (CSA)

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Code: 16057 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-26 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Achieving European Green Deal objectives, and notably a climate neutral and resource efficient economy, requires the full mobilisation of SMEs.
The action will build on and further connect existing EU specialised business support networks and centres – such as the Enterprise Europe Network, the European industry clusters registered under the European Cluster Collaboration Platform, Centres for Advanced Technologies for Industry. They will work in complementarity and close interaction with Open Innovation Test beds, European Digital Innovation Hubs, Start-up Europe etc., but also with academia, social partners and other social innovation actors.

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Boosting green economic recovery and open strategic autonomy in Strategic Digital Technologies through pre-commercial procurement (PCP action)

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Code: 16051 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-02-01-PCP | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

This topic focuses on forward looking procurement of R&D to bring to the market new green, digital solutions that can increase Europe’s resilience and preparedness to tackle the circular economy and climate challenge.
This topic supports public buyers to collectively implement PCPs to drive innovation from the demand side and open up wider commercialisation opportunities for companies in Europe to take international leadership in new markets for strategic digital technologies that can deliver greener solutions. The aim is to leverage PCP to encourage the development and to provide a first customer reference for the piloting, installation and validation of breakthrough innovations.

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Safe- and sustainable-by-design organic and hybrid coatings (RIA)

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Code: 16049 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-23 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Research will target development of innovative PFAS-free materials with inherently surface active functions to be used for multi-industrial sector applications. (e.g. novel bio-based materials). The proposals should focus on integration of sustainable-by-design aspects including safety (toxicity), circularity and functionality of advanced coating materials and techniques (e.g. nanostructured self-healing or omniphobicity), throughout their lifecycle.

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Optimised Industrial Systems and Lines through digitalisation (IA)

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Code: 16047 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-25 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Digital tools can enable industry to control manufacturing processes and address issues more efficiently and effectively as they run and update the production plant, while improving key product and production performance indicators such as yield and throughput.

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EGNSS applications for the Digital Age

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Code: 16043 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EUSPA-2021-SPACE-02-53 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Proposals should deliver new innovative applications, with commercial and social benefits, impact and a clear market uptake. The standardisation of new technologies is also in the scope of the topic and might be considered by the applicant. The use of other space components such as Copernicus is highly encouraged. The developed solutions may integrate other non-space technologies like IoT, big data, artificial intelligence, drones, 5G, augmented/mixed reality etc.

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EGNSS applications for Safety and Crisis management

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Code: 16040 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EUSPA-2021-SPACE-02-52 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Proposals should deliver new innovative applications, with commercial impact and a clear market uptake. Standardisation of new technologies is also in the scope of the topic and might be considered by the applicant. The use of other space components such as Copernicus is recommended. In particular, the use of Copernicus Emergency Management and Security services is highly encouraged. The developed solutions may integrate other non-space technologies like IoT, big data, artificial intelligence, drones, 5G, augmented/mixed reality etc.

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EGNSS and Copernicus applications fostering the European Green deal

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Code: 16034 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EUSPA-2021-SPACE-02-51 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 10/02/2022

Proposals should focus on the development of innovative EGNSS and Copernicus applications that support the Green Deal objectives and its related policies. The solutions developed for all areas should leverage the Copernicus data or core services products including Copernicus contributing missions and/or EGNSS differentiators, e.g. High Accuracy Service, authentication features or Galileo Open Service with multi-frequency capability. The developed solutions may integrate technologies like IoT, big data, artificial intelligence, drones, 5G, augmented/mixed reality etc.

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Rapid reconfigurable production process chains (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 15972 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

In times of disrupted supply chains or rapidly changing customer demands, production lines will need to be built flexible enough to be able to handle these variations. Rapid reconfiguration technologies of more flexible systems, will enable industries with many production process steps to maintain a resilience against sudden changes in ordering and/or supplies.

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Products with complex functional surfaces (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 15962 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Surface treatments are an integral part of any manufacturing process. Surface treatments include many disciplines, such as painting/coating/printing (spray, powder, dip coating, inkjet etc.), plating/implantation (electroplating, vacuum plating/coating, etc.), thermal treatments (annealing, thermo-chemical processes, etc.), laser-based treatments (annealing, texturing, etc.), additive manufacturing, micro manufacturing (micro electrical discharge machining, micro milling, etc.) chemical and electrochemical treatments (anodizing, electropolishing, chemical deposition, etc.), biochemical treatments, etching (wet etching, plasma/dry etching, also for texturing). While the integration of these treatment technologies into a manufacturing line has been well reported, the technologies as such need to be adapted for each particular profile.

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Excellence in distributed control and modular manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 15953 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Modularity of a production system is crucial for flexibility and to allow for varying the production according to needs and circumstances by introducing, changing, and removing different process steps. While the concept of modularity is not new, there is still a vast range of production steps that cannot be considered modular, and the ones that can be considered as such are not necessarily suitable for current demands nor to be considered as a part of sustainable production regimes.

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Intelligent work piece handling in a full production line (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 15941 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

The global trends towards product customization have increased production complexity. It is necessary therefore, the establishement of efficient, flexible, reconfigurable and data-driven agile factories.
Products and component handling is an integral part of the manufacturing industry and its optimization increases productivity while minimizing production costs and time. There is an increasing demand for innovative smart automated handling systems.

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ICT Innovation for Manufacturing Sustainability in SMEs (I4MS2) (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 15931 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

ICT Innovation for Manufacturing SMEs (I4MS) aims to support manufacturing SMEs and mid-caps in adopting the latest innovative digital technologies for their business operations. I4MS2 builds on I4MS and addresses more significantly a sustainable and resilient production.

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Methods for assessing health-related costs of environmental stressors

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Code: 15920 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-ENVHLTH-04-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

Policy-makers face challenges when devising pollution mitigation measures and having to assess the health costs emerging from life-long exposures to environmental stressors or the benefits from clean environments. Proposed research activities should mainly aim to improve the calculation of the socio-economic costs (and/or benefits) of health impacts during the life-course associated to environmental stressors, or combinations of these, advance methodological approaches and foster their acceptance as common good practice.

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New pricing and payment models for cost-effective and affordable health innovations

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Code: 15918 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-IND-13-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

Applicants for this prosposal are requested to propose new value-based pricing and reimbursement models that can help ensure equitable access to effective, efficient, affordable, and sustainable health technologies, including medicines, while supporting innovation and industrial competitiveness.
The proposals should not be limited to the study of cost-effectiveness analyses and thresholds in decision-making. They should also address long term intended and unintended consequences of pricing and reimbursement decisions.

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Scaling up multi-party computation, data anonymisation techniques, and synthetic data generation

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Code: 15913 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-IND-13-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

It is essential to speed up and facilitate innovations in the field of data-driven tools and services for wellbeing, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of care, among others. Therefore, the proposals are expected to scale up multi-party computation, data anonymisation techniques and synthetic data generation. To ensure privacy, the data analytics should be conducted in a distributed way among processors that grant third parties access to analysis outcomes but not to the underlying data. The developers should have access to distributed testing data sources and cloud and computing resources at large scale, with a view to improving the speed and robustness of multi-party computation solutions for innovators. The aim is to allow secure GDPR-compliant data processing for research, and clinical purposes.

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Enhancing cybersecurity of connected medical devices

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Code: 15910 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-IND-13-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

The proposals are expected to help strengthening cybersecurity maintaining the performance of medical devices while preserving or enhancing safety, security and data confidentiality, integrity and availability. The applicants should tackle the cybersecurity issue of connected medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, in particular those that are connected to the internet, allow remote access to data and exchange private or proprietary data.

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Pre-commercial research and innovation procurement (PCP) for building the resilience of health care systems in the context of recovery

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Code: 15905 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-CARE-08-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

This topic prioritises areas of health care such as health promotion, preparedness, prevention, surveillance and rapid response to cross-border health threats.
Pre-commercial procurement (PCP) can boost innovation in health care systems, while building the capacity of providers and increasing resilience and preparedness in the context of cross-border public health emergencies. Through the competitive development of a range of breakthrough innovations for a concrete health care challenge, PCP can strengthen the security of the supply chain in the health care sector.

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Boosting mental health in Europe in times of change

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Code: 15827 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-STAYHLTH-01-01-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 01/02/2022

Against the backdrop of a transforming Europe and in the midst of a global pandemic, the EU is committed to lead the transition to a healthier planet and a new digital world. The health and wellbeing of its citizens is a prerequisite to achieve this aspiration.

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Trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) tools to predict the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases and/or their progression

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Code: 15824 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-STAYHLTH-01-04-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 01/02/2022

This topic will support multidisciplinary research, build on broad stakeholder engagement and support proposals developing novel robust and trustworthy AI tools to enable timely personalised prevention approaches for chronic non-communicable diseases/disorders.

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Prevention of obesity throughout the life course

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Code: 15822 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-STAYHLTH-01-05-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 01/02/2022

Increased efforts in research and innovation are critical for developing and testing the impact of tools, initiatives, interventions, strategies, programmes, policies and their implementation to prevent overweight/obesity. The use of best practices, harmonisation guidelines and/or standard operating procedures, developed at various levels (from local to national) in the EU and beyond, will be the foundation for new research.

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Personalised blueprint of chronic inflammation in health-to-disease transition

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Code: 15816 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-STAYHLTH-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

Personalised approaches for disease prevention seek to determine the predisposition to disease and deliver timely and targeted prevention measures. Understanding the risk factors that trigger the health-to-disease transition is essential for delivering personalized prevention measures or reducing the burden of chronic diseases.
The later in combination with the person’s genotype, phenotype, medical history, nutritional and well-being status, life-style and/or occupational/environmental/life stressors is likely to be involved in driving the health-to-disease transition, leading to the onset of chronic diseases.

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Optimising effectiveness in patients of existing prescription drugs for major diseases (except cancer) with the use of biomarkers

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Code: 15814 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-TOOL-11-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

Proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that are directed, tailored and contributing to all of the following expected outcomes:
a) Diagnostics industries move towards market approval for companion diagnostics.
b) Regulatory authorities approve companion diagnostics and make recommendations for the prescription of existing drugs.
c) Health care providers use biomarkers with existing pharmaceuticals to treat more efficiently and cost-effectively patients, with less adverse effects.

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New methods for the effective use of real-world data and/or synthetic data in regulatory decision-making and/or in health technology assessment

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Code: 15812 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-TOOL-11-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

With the emerging use of real-world data (RWD) and synthetic data by the pharmaceutical industry and medical devices industry, regulators and HTA bodies need to perform targeted validation of claims through independent analysis. The principal aim of this topic is to address the data needs of health regulatory bodies and HTA bodies across the EU, as outlined in the recently published “HMA-EMA Joint Big Data Taskforce Phase II report: ‘Evolving Data-Driven Regulation’’ and its associated DARWIN (Data Analysis and Real World Interrogation Network) project.

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Computational models for new patient stratification strategies

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Code: 15808 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-TOOL-12-01-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 01/02/2022

In the era of big and complex data, the challenge remains to make sense of the huge amount of health care research data. Computational approaches hold great potential to enable superior patient stratification strategies to the established clinical practice, which in turn are a prerequisite for the development of effective personalised medicine approaches.
The topic covers different stages in the continuum of the innovation path (i.e. translational, pre-clinical, clinical research, validation in the clinical and real-world setting, etc.), as relevant to the objectives of the proposals. The topic will support the development of the computational models driven by the end users’ needs.

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Setting up a European Smart Health Innovation Hub

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Code: 15803 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-IND-13-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

Building on the recommendations from the report of the Strategic Forum for Important Projects of Common European Interest, coordination and support is needed to:
i) create a pan-European operational network as a mechanism (a European Smart Health Innovation Hub) that can assess and promote Smart Health initiatives; ii) stimulate the demand-side and the uptake of Smart Health products and services; and iii) support the development of Smart Health products and services.

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Setting up a European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format (EEHRxF) Ecosystem

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Code: 15800 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-IND-13-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

Interoperability of Electronic Health Record is key for the exchange and the portability of health data in view of better health outcomes and treatments. There is a need to continue supporting the uptake of new use cases (i.e. laboratory results, medical imaging and reports, and hospital discharge reports) and take on board possible new requirements, and ultimately to bring together policy actors and stakeholders.

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Pre-clinical development of the next generation of immunotherapies for diseases or disorders with unmet medical needs

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Code: 15798 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-DISEASE-06-02-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 01/02/2022

The next generation of immunotherapies are needed in order to improve and diversify the capabilities of health care for several communicable and non-communicable diseases that cannot be effectively tackled with the currently available treatments.
Proposals should build on existing knowledge in the field, when available, in order to save time and to avoid spilling resources, and could build on the knowledge of the interaction between the immune system (innate and adaptive arms) and the microbiota, or take advantage of key enabling technologies such as biotechnology and nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing, imaging, 5G, internet of things, artificial intelligence and existing databases.

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Vaccines 2.0 - developing the next generation of vaccines

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Code: 15788 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-DISEASE-06-03-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 01/02/2022

Proposals should aim to diversify and accelerate the global vaccine research and development pipeline, and to strengthen the current leading role of the EU in vaccine research and development. Proposals should cover those pathogens, which still lack vaccines of sufficient efficacy, but where earlier efforts have already produced promising vaccine candidates.

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Development of new effective therapies for rare diseases

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Code: 15786 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-DISEASE-06-04-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 01/02/2022

Τhe number of available therapies for rare diseases remains low, as fewer than 6% of rare diseases have an approved treatment option. Τhere is an urgent unmet medical need for the development of therapies for rare diseases, where there is still no approved therapeutic option available. Therefore, proposals should aim to develop therapies for rare diseases with no approved therapeutic option.

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Better financing models for health systems

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Code: 15784 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-CARE-08-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

Proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that are contributing to some of the following expected outcomes:

a) Decision and policymakers in the field of health care avail of new approaches to financial planning and financing mechanisms that provide flexibility to stretched health budgets.
b) Decision and policymakers in the field of health care apply cost-effective spending strategies based on the optimisation of the use of resources, while maintaining or improving health outcomes in an equitable way;
c) Decision and policymakers in the field of health care access tools that enable them to better remunerate, contract and incentivise health care professionals and providers;
d) Decision and policymakers in the field of health care take evidence-based and socially equitable health care financial decisions.

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European partnership on transforming health and care systems

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Code: 15781 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-CARE-10-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

The creation of a research and innovation (R&I) partnership with a focus on health and care systems’ transformation represents a unique strategic opportunity to bring together stakeholders, create synergies, coordinate R&I actions, facilitate the digitisation of health and care services and support the transformation of health and care systems with innovative solutions driven by knowledge and evidence.

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Public procurement of innovative solutions (PPI) for building the resilience of health care systems in the context of recovery

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Code: 15770 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2022-CARE-08-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/10/2021 | End submission calls: 21/04/2022

This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination 4 “Ensuring access to innovative, sustainable and high-quality health care”.
This topic prioritises areas of health care such as health promotion, preparedness, prevention, surveillance and rapid response to cross-border health threats.

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Environmental observations solutions contributing to meeting “One Health” challenges

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Code: 15755 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The general scope of this topic is to explore areas of the One Health policy that would benefit from the use of environmental observation and how environmental observations can be used for further shaping policies in the context of e.g. human health, animal health (including zoonoses) and plant health.
A specific focus of the proposal should be on the monitoring of the evolution of ecosystem barriers in densely populated, industrialised or agricultural areas.

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Assessing the nexus of extraction, production, consumption, trade and behaviour patterns and of climate change action on biodiversity in the context of transformative change

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Code: 15752 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

A successful proposal must develop knowledge and tools to understand the role of transformative change for biodiversity policy making, accelerate and upscale biodiversity-relevant transformative changes in our society.
With focus on assessing the nexus of extraction, production (including processing), consumption, trade and behaviour patterns, including transformative changes for climate change on biodiversity for the EU and Associated Countries, international cooperation in particular with African countries, Brazil, Latin American and Caribbean countries or the Mediterranean region is strongly encouraged.

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Uptake and validation of citizen observations to complement authoritative measurement within the urban environment and boost related citizen engagement

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Code: 15595 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Successful proposals are expected to support citizen engagement, specifically the active role of citizens in the collection and use of data and information within the urban environment to complement the data and information collected through other means of observation (space-based, airborne, etc.).

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New technologies for acquiring in-situ observation datasets to address climate change effects

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Code: 15586 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

This topic is intended to support innovative technological solutions building on cutting-edge technologies in the domain of measurement and testing, big data and ICT to acquire necessary parameters from in-situ measurements required to ensure an integrated monitoring and model data assimilation necessary to respond to the climate transition and the European Green Deal challenges.

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Water governance, economic and financial sustainability of water systems

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Code: 15584 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

This topic aims to validate innovative multi-level water governance practices among various stakeholders to strengthen policy integration, coherence and coordination and assess their impacts on economy, social well-being and environment.

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Innovative tools and methods to evaluate the design and support, monitoring and implementation of effective CAP strategic plans

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Code: 15582 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The successful proposal will contribute to innovative governance and sound decision making in agricultural policies. In particular, they will contribute to achieving better informed decision-making processes, to establishing and monitoring innovative governance models enabling sustainability and resilience through enhanced and shared use of new knowledge, tools, foresight, and environmental observations as well as digital, modelling and forecasting capabilities. Proposals will focus on developing their CAP strategic plans.

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AU-EU Combatting all forms of malnutrition

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Code: 15574 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

A successful proposal will develop and test approaches to innovations that improve nutrition through a deeper understanding of the unmet nutritional needs, aspirations, behaviours and preferences of consumers who remain underserved by markets and face limited access to affordable nutritious foods.

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Agro-ecological approaches in African agriculture systems

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Code: 15572 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Projects results are expected to contribute to some of the following outcomes:

EU – Africa jointly tackle climate change and environmental-related challenges, ensuring food and nutrition security and decent livelihoods. Another outcome will be to identify optimal combinations of agro-ecological practices that increase the climate change mitigation and adaptation of different farming systems in different agro-ecological zones in Africa while ensuring the financial viability of businesses. Additionally, it is necessary the increased end-user adoption and implementation of agro-ecological practices by farmers supporting rural communities. All of the above will be achieved through transdisciplinary research.

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Ecology of infectious animal diseases

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Code: 15567 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-02-03-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

A successful proposal will support research and innovation (R&I) to help policy makers and relevant actors (e.g. business operators) in the prevention and control of infectious animal diseases in a changing environment, thus contributing to sustainable agriculture and to public health.

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Emerging and future risks to plant health

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Code: 15565 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-02-02-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Proposals should target one or more new or emerging plant pests (regulated, non-regulated, introduced or native) that are causing or likely to cause, significant (socio) economic and/or environmental losses to agriculture and/or forestry in the EU and/or Associated Countries. Within the scope of this topic are the selection of the pests, in doing so it is necessary to consider the potential threat in terms of development and spread, its potential exacerbation under climate change as well as the potential impact on agricultural production, forestry, trade and the wider environment (including soil and water).

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Agroecological approaches for sustainable weed management

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Code: 15561 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-02-01-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

A successful proposal should support the farm to fork’s strategy objective of a transition to a fair, healthy and resilient European agriculture, notably its objective to promote agroecology, and the target to reduce the overall use and risk of chemical pesticides, by unfolding the potential of agroecology to provide alternative weeding strategies that reduce or eliminate the use of pesticides used as herbicides. This will support the transition to sustainable, safe, productive, climate-neutral and resilient farming systems that minimise the pressure on ecosystems while ensuring fair economic returns for farmers.

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Support for international research on infectious animal diseases

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Code: 15557 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The action should support the activities of the STAR-IDAZ International Research Consortium (Star-IDAZ IRC), aiming to strengthen the global network of research programme owners and funding organisations in order to achieve specific targets relating to the prevention and control of priority infectious animal diseases, including zoonoses, and related issues such as anti-microbial resistance and new emerging threats.

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African food cities

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Code: 15549 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

A successful proposal will build on initiatives like the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP), on the FAO urban food agenda and upon the recommendations of the Task Force Rural Africa report. It will address big, intermediate and small cities and towns. It will address the fact that poorly planned urban food systems lack opportunities to link rural and urban food producers, markets and consumers, and limit the access of vulnerable groups to safe and healthy nutrition.
Projects results are expected to contribute to a shift to food security and improved nutrition in five African cities through a shift to healthy and affordable diets that reduces the pressure of food production on land and water use and reduces the climate footprint of downstream activities from farm to fork. Reducing the food-system-related environmental footprint, improving circularity, and providing citizens with new, sustainable and healthy products.

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Integrated solutions for circularity in buildings and the construction sector

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Code: 15545 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-01-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

This activity should demonstrate at large scale and deploy innovative climate-neutral circular solutions that prevent waste, expand the lifetime and improve the life cycle performance of buildings and their components, but also improve the quality of and the confidence in reused and recycled material.
Measures should strive for the use of more climate-neutral circular materials with low environmental footprint and tackle material recovery, upcycling, recycled content in products, durability and adaptability of buildings, and they should have a strong life cycle and digitalisation focus.

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Life sciences and their convergence with digital technologies for prospecting, understanding and sustainably using biological resources

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Code: 15542 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-05-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The topic aims to prevent pollution and sustainably manage and use natural resources within safe planetary boundaries, including in the deployment of the bioeconomy and the bio-based sectors. The topic focuses on bioinformatics, “cheminformatics” and artificial intelligence as approaches and tools to transform available information into biologically or biotechnologically applicable knowledge. It also aims to efficiently integrate digital technologies into bio-based operations to optimise value chains from a technical, economic, social and environmental point of view.

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Exploring extreme environments: novel adaptation strategies at molecular level for bio-based innovation

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Code: 15531 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-02-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The topic covers R&D needed to advance and potentially exploit knowledge on the ways terrestrial and aquatic organisms and their populations adapt, on molecular, physiological, and ecological levels, to the effects of climate change, such as by tolerance to extreme temperatures, drought/water stress, salinity or increased biotic pressures (new pests), as observed at macro-scale (e.g. shifting ecological niches). The scope covers understanding the complex interactions between the affected populations (e.g. molecular signalling), and broader outcomes on an ecological level.

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Harnessing the digital revolution in the forest-based sector

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Code: 15525 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-06-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

This topic addresses innovations in information systems for forest managers, forest-based industries and policy makers as well as advances in precision forestry, harvesting systems and forest nursery operation, optimised harvest planning, operations management, timber transport and logistics, as well as safety, ergonomics and smart assistance for human workers.

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Photosynthesis revisited: climate emergency, “no pollution and zero-emission” challenge and industrial application

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Code: 15487 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-04-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The topic covers innovative technologies with potential to boost the efficiency of photosynthesis, reduce the ‘climate penalty of plants’, and increase their sustainable industrial application. All photoautotrophic organisms such as plants, micro- and macro algae, cyanobacteria and purple sulphur bacteria are in the scope.

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Sustainable biodegradable novel bio-based plastics: innovation for sustainability and end-of-life options of plastics

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Code: 15485 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-03-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

There is a need to develop innovative, sustainable bio-based and biodegradable plastics with novel properties and production processes to deliver environmentally friendly materials with the desired properties for long-term circular applications, markets and uses. The approach should combine environmental sustainability, circularity and functionality of the developed products and of the supply chain. Results should be aligned to recent policy developments on plastics.

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Demonstration network on climate-smart farming – boosting the role of advisory services

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Code: 15481 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CLIMATE-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The present topic deals with the advisory level. Learning from experiences on “real” farms led by sustainability-oriented farmers eager to pilot existing or new practice-ready techniques, this level will aim at enhancing up advisors’ competences by sharing widely climate neutral ready-for-practice solutions across the EU. This requires interaction between collaborative innovation ecosystems and will involve the main AKIS actors and AKIS coordination bodies in each Member State.

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Fostering the resilience of agricultural production: from observation of changes to the development of resilience strategies

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Code: 15478 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CLIMATE-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Resilience of the farming sector to exogenous shocks needs to be boosted. Impacts of climate change in the short- to medium-term are gaining more importance and there is an urgent need to develop resilience strategies. It is also necessary to set up a capacity to observe the short-term to long-term impacts of climate change and reinforce strategies to deal with those impacts.

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Boosting women-led innovation in farming and rural areas

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Code: 15476 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-COMMUNITIES-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The role that European women play in rural development and in farming is still widely under-researched. And so is their role as entrepreneurs and innovation leaders, the specifics of the innovations they develop and how the current governance framework contributes to boosting their innovation capacity or to hampering it. Τhis role is underestimated and that the potential of rural women to contribute to sustainability transitions remains partially untapped, in particular due to a lack of targeting in policy frameworks and innovation support systems.

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Assessing and improving labour conditions and health and safety at work in farming

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Code: 15474 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-COMMUNITIES-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Proposals should analyse health and safety at work issues in the farming sector with a specific focus on working conditions (and how they will evolve with digital transitions, climate change, health risks, regulatory developments on chemicals, farmers mental health, injuries, etc.) and labour conditions (seasonal patterns, working time, income and work outside legal contracts, including mobile EU and non-EU workers) also in relation to the perceived attractiveness of farming or working in farming as a job.

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Integration of marine ecosystem service valuation, conservation and restoration in socio-economic models

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Code: 15464 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-COMMUNITIES-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Coastal ecosystems play an important role in nutrient recycling/regulation, sediment stabilisation and transfer, food production, reducing risks and impacts of climate change, etc. Integrated coastal zone management requires more and better integration of ecosystem services’ valuation, management, conservation and restoration in socio-economic models through partnerships and collaborations between a range of multi-sector organisations, authorities and coastal communities for a balanced sustainable development and management of potentially vibrant coastal areas.

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Social innovation in food sharing to strengthen urban communities’ food resilience

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Code: 15461 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-COMMUNITIES-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Urban food sharing is still an unexplored – and debated – field; there is currently no agreed definition and many activities can be considered as part of it (e.g., kitchen spaces, meal sharing, food business incubators, collaborative delivery services, food donation). The lack of political interest, financing and sufficient data, as well as the existence of regulatory barriers and risks (both real and perceived), are holding back the rise of new food systems economies that work for all people and the planet.
The proposals should foster social innovation, with a special focus on building a more widespread and resilient food sharing economy.

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Assessing the socio-politics of nature-based solutions for more inclusive and resilient communities

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Code: 15459 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-COMMUNITIES-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are already being delivered with increasing evidence on their effectiveness, but implementation issues persist, hindering NBS uptake and upscale. There is a need to move beyond seeing the implementation challenge as primarily a technical issue, to develop our understanding of the economic, social, political, moral and cultural dimensions of designing and implementing NBS.
NBS can also contribute to addressing inequities and well-being in communities and regions who need it most. Additionally, it is important to further adopt the understanding of how diverse actors – who may operate at different scales and through multiple networks – are engaged in the development and implementation of NBS, focusing on the deployment of NBS implies collaboration across different regions, administrative areas or simply different types of land owners.

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Maintaining and restoring pollinators and pollination services in European agricultural landscapes

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Code: 15457 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-02-01-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

This topic aims at maintaining and restoring species-rich pollinator communities and their services in agricultural landscapes dominated by intensive land use, and facilitating the uptake of pollinator-friendly practices at wider scale.

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Understanding the oceanic carbon cycle

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Code: 15447 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CLIMATE-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Actions under this Call should aim at developing innovative approaches to understand the complex processes underlying the oceanic carbon cycle, its efficiency, climate sensitivity, and emerging feedbacks.

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Climate sensitive water allocation systems and economic instruments.

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Code: 15444 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CLIMATE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

It is important to assess current water allocation systems in different regions and sectors and to develop pertinent water allocation models that are able to perform well under both average and extreme conditions and could demonstrate adaptive efficiency in order to adjust to climate conditions.

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Forestry - European observatory of climate change impacts and demonstration network of climate smart restoration pilots

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Code: 15442 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CLIMATE-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

A holistic approach is needed to ensure that climate, biodiversity and bioeconomy goals can be integrated at different scales in practice and with the engagement of local communities, forest owners and industries. Intensive monitoring of impacts and sharing of experiences in the context of climate change is an important decision support at the science-practice interface to implement adapted forest management practices successfully.

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Marine microbiome for a healthy ocean and a sustainable blue bioeconomy

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Code: 15437 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The purpose of this action is to develop novel tools and approaches to produce, analyse and use marine microbiome data for the discovery and production of high value sustainable industrial products/processes and/or environmental services that sustain the health of aquatic ecosystems.

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Strengthening the European forest-based research and innovation ecosystem

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Code: 15435 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

A key R&I challenge is to address the complexity of the forest-based sector in environmental terms (long life cycle, ecosystem functioning and diversity, spatial variability, interface between the soil and the atmosphere, in the middle between cultivated and natural assets), economic terms (multiple forest owners and SMEs, competitiveness on global markets) and policy terms (many forest-related policies including biological diversity, climate and energy, bioeconomy, rural development, trade, agriculture, etc.).
A successful transition of the forest-based sector towards greater sustainability needs to be underpinned by a comprehensive scientific assessment. Better coordination of research activities is also required to overcome fragmentation of public research efforts, to strengthen the link between forest managers, industries and society and to streamline the activities of European, national and regional stakeholders.

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EU-China international cooperation on unlocking the potential of agricultural residues and wastes for circular and sustainable bio-based solutions

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Code: 15433 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

In crop cultivation, losses can be observed at farm and post-harvest levels and downstream along the value chain. Co-products or by-products are generated, for instance in the wine, fruit and vegetable, olive oil, starch and sugar sectors, which offer potential to further valorise the resources. In livestock production, and in particular in large-scale production systems, appropriate management of manure and other waste sources from livestock production and transformation is a challenge. Therefore, this topic addresses opportunities for new processes and concepts that enable innovative uses of these materials while quantifying the impact of deviating biomass streams from their current flow (e.g. in terms of biodiversity impacts, soil fertility, etc.).

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Maximising economic, environmental and social synergies in the provision of feedstock for bio-based sectors through diversification and increased sustainability of agricultural production systems

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Code: 15423 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Securing long-term supply of affordable and sustainable biomass is a key challenge for the European bioeconomy. It is crucial to limit negative (indirect) changes in land use, which can lead to losses of biodiversity, carbon or other ecosystem services and to move towards a sustainable bioeconomy that operates within sustainable parameters. The diversity and diversification of farming systems can contribute to a sustainable European bioeconomy by securing stable revenues for farmers, lowering negative environmental impacts and increasing resilience to climatic, economic and biological risks.

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Benefits of the transition towards sustainable circular bio-based systems from linear fossil-based

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Code: 15418 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Biogenic resources are key means of mitigating climate change as they can strengthen natural and anthropogenic carbon sinks. Circular bio-based systems are part of the solution to achieving climate neutrality, where they replace carbon-intensive and fossil-based systems and are based on sustainably sourced biological resources. Policies must ensure that this transition from linear fossil-based to circular bio-based systems is sustainable and aims at a) climate change mitigation and adaptation; b) increasing resource efficiency and circularity; c) preserving and restoring natural resources, their ecosystem services and biodiversity; and d) ensuring a just transition for everyone. Policies and priorities should be comprehensive and underpinned by a critical assessment of the environmental/social/economic impacts of the current linear fossil-based economy.

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Marginal lands and climate-resilient and biodiversity-friendly crops for sustainable industrial feedstocks and related value chains

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Code: 15414 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The topic explores two main aspects. First, enhancing ecosystem services to prepare for increased water stress and water scarcity due to climate change. Secondly, serving multi-purpose and optimised biomass production, with a specific focus on improving biodiversity-related benefits, with opportunities for European rural development and improved industrial competitiveness.
The topic aims to engage all relevant actors, especially the farming community, but also bio-based industry and academia, and civil society, calling for working together and co-creation, to develop solutions involving end users and taking into account a comprehensive business case at farm/production level.

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Circular Cities and Regions Initiative’s project development assistance (CCRI-PDA)

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Code: 15405 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The topic will support the transition towards a sustainable, regenerative, inclusive and just circular economy across regions of Europe at local and regional scale.
The purpose of the CCRI-PDA is to help project promoters develop their circular economy projects and to bring together the technical, economic and legal expertise needed for developing circular economy investment projects at local and regional scale resulting in the actual launch of investments during the action.

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Resilient beekeeping

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Code: 15402 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-02-03-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Resilience of beekeeping is important both for pollination services and for the honeybee production sector. Bees are subject to numerous biotic and abiotic stressors. The biology of honeybees, including immunity and nutrition is still poorly understood, as is the role of genetic diversity within honeybee populations and interactions between honeybees and their environment.
The proposed projects are expected to contribute to a better understanding of agroecosystems practices that can sustain honeybees, to enhanced preservation of honeybee genetic resources and their use in breeding, and to mitigation of impacts of beekeeping activities on wild pollinators.

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Boosting breeding for a sustainable, resilient and competitive European legume sector

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Code: 15377 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-02-02-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

For a variety of reasons, legume production in the EU and Associated Countries is not sufficiently developed. Amongst others, a lack of breeding efforts and insufficient use of genetic resources are responsible for the low percentage of arable land currently used for legumes, despite their agronomic and environmental benefits. Closing gaps in breeding (traditional and new varieties) including facilitating knowledge and best practices sharing in legume breeding, can be a key driver for improving the competitiveness of legume crops grown in the EU and Associated Countries.

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Securing drinking water quality by protecting water sources against pollution, providing innovative monitoring and treatment solutions and ensuring safe distribution

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Code: 15374 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Actions under this Call should aim to expand the knowledge base required to identify, assess and prevent pollution threats (micro-pollutants, pathogens, toxins, algal blooms, etc.) and the combined effects of multiple stressors on water sources, including risk assessment and management, to protect drinking water preparation and distribution. Particular attention to extreme weather events and possible synergistic effects affecting hydraulic flows, temperatures and pollutants’ loads should be considered, whenever appropriate.

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EU-China international cooperation on nature-based solutions for nutrient management in agriculture

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Code: 15371 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The success implementation of a sustainable nutrient management plan requires the availability of the technologies to support farmers in their decision-making and applications of the nutrients plans, based on the type of production system, environmental conditions, soil type, water availability and socio-economic aspects of both crops and nutrients. Nature-based solutions (NBS) and innovative agricultural and environmental tools can improve nutrient management and the biodiversity strategy.

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Multi-layer governance performance of marine policies

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Code: 15366 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The management of the ocean, seas and coasts is largely carried out in a fragmented manner, at institutional as well as legal governance level and through several related sectors. Current policy governance models and work streams, including public consultation, at different governance levels, need to be analysed in relation to their performance and further challenged to intensify regional and local integration in the policy dialogue, as the (total, regional and local) transitions towards a sufficiently protected marine natural capital and health and wellbeing of citizens should also be just and inclusive. Proposals should address the need to meet increasing public demands and to address declining public trust.

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Consumer-focused labelling options for bio-based products

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Code: 15363 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2021

The project is expected to advance the role and impact of bio-based innovation to accelerate the transition from a linear fossil-based economy, which leads to overuse and depletion of natural resources, into resource-efficient and circular bio-based systems operating within safe planetary boundaries. Informed consumers may pursue the objectives of circular economy, asking for efficiency and inclusiveness of services provided through less resources and goods, changing consumption patterns (e.g. reducing meat consumption), preventing food waste and separating bio-waste from other waste streams so that it can be (partly) converted to bio-based materials. Proposals will focus on consumer-oriented labelling options for industrial bio-based products with low environmental footprint, in terms of resources, processes and materials used. Industrial bio-based products do not include food/feed, biofuels, bioenergy and cultural/recreation sectors. However, relevant initiatives in the field of consumer-focussed labelling of sustainability of bio-based products, arising from EU policies in the bioeconomy sectors, should be taken into account.

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Innovative food from marine and freshwater ecosystems

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Code: 15359 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-02-05-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Despite the vast diversity of biota in the European seas, rivers and lakes, consumers prefer only a few species for consumption. This is even more pronounced for aquaculture production where only a very limited number of fish and shellfish species are farmed. Moreover, some of the farmed species are higher predators and, despite improvements in feeds, fishing for feed is still a sad reality. Waste of seafood during production, processing, transport and consumption is massive; valorisation of fish and shellfish biomass is still far from achieving its full potential in the context of a circular economy.

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Smart solutions for the use of digital technologies for small- and medium-sized, farms and farm structures

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Code: 15357 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-02-04-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Despite the potential of digital technologies to increase the economic and environmental performance of the agricultural sector, Τhere is a need to increase the uptake of precision farming tools, particularly among small- and medium-sized farms. An increase in the digital divide between small and large farms is to be avoided. One main reason for this circumstance is the investments in digital technologies that frequently only become cost-effective, if a critical mass of production volume is given. In addition, small- and medium-sized farms and farms structures have in some areas specific needs and strengths.

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European Partnership for a climate neutral, sustainable and productive Blue Economy

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Code: 15354 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

A major effort is needed to increase the development of ocean science, research, technological developments and innovation, both to protect the ocean and to increase the resilience of its ecosystems and to ensure a strong sustainable blue economy and science-based design of marine spatial planning, involving all stakeholders. No nation can face this on its own and undertake the investments in research, technology and innovation that are needed to steer new business, governance and social developments. Therefore, it is important to maintain partneship among all European seas and ocean. Τhe partnership should aim to achieve a healthy ocean, a sustainable and productive blue economy and the well-being of citizens.

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Mobilisation of society to transform food systems for co-benefits

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Code: 15348 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Τhe overarching aim is to help transform food systems for co-benefits to nutrition and health, climate, environment, biodiversity, circularity and communities. ProjectS will under this Call will Build on the Fit4Food2030 initiative to further the mobilisation of all relevant Food System public and private sector stakeholders, researchers, non-governmental organisations, educators, knowledge brokers, media and society, to work together via an interlinked structure at the level of cities, regions, and countries across Europe, and that supports mutual learning and good practices. Key to this will be the inclusion of decision and policy makers, scientists, and public authorities to ensure the sustainability and legitimacy of the governance process. Additionally, projects will promote food systems science education for children and youth while respecting national competence in the area of education and health, and measure the food systems transition progress in society.

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Broaden EIP Operational Group outcomes across borders by means of thematic networks, compiling and sharing knowledge ready for practice

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Code: 15325 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Successful proposals will focus on knowledge sharing in a language that is easy to understand and is targeted to farmers and foresters. Proposals, acting at EU level to remedy this situation, are essential because national and sectoral AKISs are insufficiently connected and organised to fully meet the challenge of intensifying thematic cooperation between researchers, advisors and farmers/foresters. This exchange of knowledge will foster economically viable and sustainable agriculture and forestry and build trust between the main AKIS actors.
The cross-cutting objective of modernising the sector by fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake, as well as contributing to the European Green deal and farm to fork objectives.

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Thematic networks to compile and share knowledge ready for practice

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Code: 15321 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Successful proposals will focus on knowledge sharing in a language that is easy to understand and is targeted to farmers and foresters. Proposals, acting at EU level to remedy this situation, are essential because national and sectoral AKISs are insufficiently connected and organised to fully meet the challenge of intensifying thematic cooperation between researchers, advisors and farmers/foresters. This exchange of knowledge will foster economically viable and sustainable agriculture and forestry and build trust between the main AKIS actors.

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Piloting approaches and tools to empower citizens to exercise their “data rights” in the area of food and nutrition

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Code: 15319 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Projects under this Call are expected to empower citizens to exercise their “data rights” and to contribute to a just transition of food systems pilot digital solutions in food systems and nutrition with enhanced personal data protection and data sovereignty and which achieve a fairer distribution of wealth and benefits advance alternative approaches to food system data sharing that promote innovation and increase competition.

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Upscaling (real-time) sensor data for EU-wide monitoring of production and agri-environmental conditions

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Code: 15316 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Sensors are increasingly used to enhance agricultural production e.g. through the assessment of environmental and crop conditions as well as through livestock monitoring. The information value of data collected through sensors can be increased through the analysis of the data in combination with other data sets. Reference data may, e.g. be formed by data sets generated by sensors at other places or by satellite and earth observation data or other data sets reflecting on environmental conditions. Interest in agricultural production are approaches of real-time data generation and processing allowing for instance to better tailor certain production steps, combine different production steps or operate Internets of Things (IoT). Edge computing can play a key role to facilitate and enhance such sensor-based analyses and production approaches.

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Twinning

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Code: 15313 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/07/2021 | End submission calls: 18/01/2022

Twinning aims to enhance networking activities between the research institutions of the Widening countries and top-class leading counterparts at EU level by linking it with at least two research institutions from two different Member States or Associated Countries. Therefore, building on the huge potential of networking for excellence through knowledge transfer and exchange of best practice between research institutions and partners. Twinning actions intend to help raise the research profile of the institution from the Widening country as well as the research profile of its staff including a special focus on strengthening the research management and administrative skills of the coordination institution from the Widening country.

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Piloting innovative governance solutions to limit nitrogen and phosphorus emissions at the interface of rural/coastal and urban/industrial environments

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Code: 15290 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Successful proposals will deliver governance solutions that halt nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) pollution and limit N/P emissions to remain within safe ecological boundaries at European, regional and local scale while restoring water, air and soil ecosystems. This Innovation Action (Pilot) explores innovative governance solutions to support transferring resources and services between rural/coastal and urban/industrial environments while limiting N/P emissions and other emissions exacerbating pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change. Actions may include piloting incentives (regulatory, structural, financial, behavioural etc.), innovative supply and value chains and novel infrastructures or other governance solutions.

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Understanding the role of behaviour, gender specifics, lifestyle, religious and cultural values, and addressing the role of enabling players (civil society, policy makers, financing and business leaders, retailers) in decision making

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Code: 15283 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Projects under this Call should provide approaches and nature-based solutions that consider how behaviour, lifestyles, religious, societal and cultural values shape the choices of producers and consumers, institutions and their policy decisions. Leverage points in those sectors with the greatest impact on biodiversity are addressed, as the role of decisive actors (civil society, education institutions, policy makers, financing and business leaders, retailers) and their inter-sectorial consultation is known. This includes human rights and due diligence across economic value chains, as well as the role of employment patterns for a just transition.

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Network for nature: multi-stakeholder dialogue platform to promote nature-based solutions

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Code: 15280 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Nature-based solutions (NBS) deliver multiple ecosystem services to address diverse societal challenges with a systemic and innovative approach. This topic aims to maintain and build upon the achievements of NetworkNature and Oppla. The successful proposal should further develop and consolidate an engaged, broad and effective European community of innovators, practitioners and developers to promote the design, deployment, out- and up-scaling of NBS at the European and global scale, while recognising regional and national specificities, contexts and needs.

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Observing and mapping biodiversity and ecosystems, with particular focus on coastal and marine ecosystems

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Code: 15277 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Observation and mapping of coastal and marine biodiversity are key tools to manage and share the “ocean commons” in a fair and responsible way under the present global challenges and rapid environmental changes. Ιt is important to advance observations to support modelling of the complex links between marine ecosystems and societal developments to forecast, manage and mitigate these changes. Scientific knowledge, reliable data and knowledge are necessary to protect and restore favourable conservation status of habitats and species, to define protected areas, to develop conservation objectives and conservation measures, to undertake environmental impact assessments.

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Assessing the nexus of extraction, production, consumption, trade and behaviour patterns and of climate change action on biodiversity in the context of transformative change

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Code: 15272 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

A successful proposal must develop knowledge and tools to understand the role of transformative change for biodiversity policy making, address the indirect drivers of biodiversity loss, and initiate, accelerate and upscale biodiversity-relevant transformative changes in our society. The focus on assessing the nexus of extraction, production (including processing), consumption, trade and behaviour patterns, including transformative changes for climate change on biodiversity is encouraged.

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Intercropping – understanding and using the benefits of complexity in farming and value chains

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Code: 15249 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Farmers face increasing pressure to shift production towards lower input systems, while continuing to ensure sufficient supplies of food and non-food products. Diversified farming systems making use of strategic intercrops can also improve soil health and deliver multiple ecosystem services. The benefits of intercropping are the result of highly dynamic interactions between plants and their environment and allow to optimise the use of resources such as nutrients, water or solar radiation. Despite these benefits, intercropping is not widely applied in European agriculture, due e.g. to an increased complexity of operations and labour intensity at farm level or a market pulls for more standardised products and processing as well as for simplified modes of marketing.

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Cooperation with the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Code: 15241 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Research on biodiversity and nature-based solutions has made good progress in the last years, but must be stepped up to achieve targeted impacts on biodiversity-relevant policies. Global initiatives, in turn, should provide structured policy input into the research cycle. This is also key to guiding biodiversity governance, and to implement the EU Green Deal and international conventions.

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Protection and sustainable management of forest genetic resources of high interest for biodiversity, climate change adaptation, and forest reproductive materials

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Code: 15237 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Diversity of forest genetic resources provides the adaptive potential for tree species and populations to cope with climatic changes and future challenges. The adaptive potential of forests depends on their demographic history and the forces of natural selection. It also depends on forestry activities and the choice of species and populations that show better potential for adaptation to climate change or to subsequent effects of climate change. New provenance trials in new environments including populations from range and habitat margins, coupled with genomic analysis of the provenances should provide insights to improve adaptive forest management.

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Natural capital accounting: Measuring the biodiversity footprint of products and organizations

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Code: 15229 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Natural capital accounting has potential in providing a meaningful basis for business performance reporting by explicitly mapping out impacts and/or dependencies on natural resources and placing a monetary value on them. Specific examples include business accounting and reporting and the disclosure of non-financial reporting and accounting directives.

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Building taxonomic research capacity near biodiversity hotspots and for protected areas by networking natural history museums and other taxonomic facilities

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Code: 15226 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Professional taxonomists are highly specialised and skilled experts, traditionally working in academia or curating collections in natural history museums, herbaria, botanical garden or biobanks. EU Member States and associated countries, often lack permanent taxonomic capacity in the field, in particular near biodiversity hotspots and protected areas. They could greatly benefit from professional expertise, networking and infrastructures from natural history museums and other taxonomic facilities, such as botanical gardens or biobanks, and centres integrating new genome- and image-based technologies to advance taxonomy, contributing at the same time with adequate in situ conservation monitoring, data and samples.

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Monitoring and effective measures for agrobiodiversity

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Code: 15219 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The biodiversity strategy aims to bring back at least 10% of agricultural area under high-diversity landscape features. These include, amongst others buffer strips, rotational or non-rotational fallow land, hedges, non-productive trees, terrace walls, and ponds. The EU Birds and Habitats Directive aims at reaching favourable conservation status of wild birds as well as of those species and habitats covered in the annexes of the Habitats Directive. It is necessary to monitor the diversity and area of habitats for farmland-dependent species, in space and time, in order to maintain and re-establish biotopes and habitats.

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Developing nature-based therapy for health and well-being

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Code: 15211 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-COMMUNITIES-02-02-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Nature affects human health in different ways. In particular, urban environments can have a negative impact on physical and mental health. This is due to urban stressors such as increased noise levels, higher crime rates and higher levels of pollution. It is important, to determine the degree to which nature experience might lessen and address this burden. Even more so in view of the fact that the opportunities and time spent in nature are decreasing.
R&I will support the development of nature-based therapy to help communities turn the ecological transition into opportunities for good health and well-being, increased resilience, and positive long-term prospects such as the creation of green jobs.

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Smart solutions for smart rural communities: empowering rural communities and smart villages to innovate for societal change

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Code: 15207 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-COMMUNITIES-02-01-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The successful proposal will contribute to fostering a sustainable, balanced and inclusive development of rural areas. It will supporting digital, social and community-led innovations and by equipping rural communities with innovative and smarter solutions that increase access to services, opportunities and adequate innovation ecosystems, including for women, youth and the most vulnerable groups, improve attractiveness and reduce the feeling of being left behind, even in the most remote locations like mountains. Also it will increase availability of smart solutions and support to community-led innovations.

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INVOLVE (CITIZEN SCIENCE)

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Code: 15200 | Identifier Code: ERC-2022-PERA-1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 04/11/2021 | End submission calls: 03/02/2022

Involve (citizen science): for activities conducted in collaboration or consultation with the public at any stage of the frontier research project, including its design. Citizen science initiatives comprise activities such as public consultations or citizen juries.

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INFLUENCE (MEDIA AND POLICY)

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Code: 15190 | Identifier Code: ERC-2022-PERA-3 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 04/11/2021 | End submission calls: 03/02/2022

Influence (media and policy): for activities that foster consultation and exchange with citizen groups to raise awareness on a topic, to address a societal challenge or to contribute to an issue in the public debate. These activities can be undertaken based on preliminary or final project results as well as any particular result or output generated in the context of an ERC frontier research project. Examples of people and organisations that are likely to be engaged under this category include journalists, policy makers at regional, national or international level, non-governmental organisations, citizen or patient groups, product users.

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INSPIRE (PUBLIC OUTREACH)

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Code: 15187 | Identifier Code: ERC-2020-PERA-2 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 04/11/2021 | End submission calls: 03/02/2022

Inspire (public outreach): for activities putting the spotlight on a research topic, by disseminating its content, promoting discussion, and/or inspiring potential future researchers. Public outreach initiatives can consist of diverse activities, such as art and science projects, educational programmes, exhibitions, and can include diverse audiences and venues such as students, schools, museums or science festivals.

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ERC STARTING GRANTS

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Code: 15185 | Identifier Code: ERC-2022-STG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 23/09/2021 | End submission calls: 13/01/2022

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 scientific proposal.

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ERC Consolidator Grants

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Code: 15182 | Identifier Code: ERC-2022-COG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 19/10/2021 | End submission calls: 17/03/2022

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

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Preventing groundwater contamination and protecting its quality against harmful impacts of global and climate change

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Code: 15164 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Additional knowledge is needed to understand the synergistic effects and risks of multiple stressors and pollutants on groundwater quality to better evaluate the impacts of global and climate change, particularly in highly vulnerable areas affected by diffuse pollution, anthropogenic activities and / or water table fluctuations. Actions in this field should aim to identify and assess sources and pathways of groundwater pollution to inform risk management plans at basin / regional scales, with particular consideration of aquifer recharge with reclaimed water and persistent pollutants.

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Developing EU advisory networks on water use

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Code: 15161 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The successful proposal will focus on EU-wide consultancy exchanges to increase the speed of knowledge creation and exchange, capacity building, demonstration of innovative solutions, and contribution to their implementation, which accelerates the transitions required. The Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) in which consultants are fully integrated are key drivers for accelerating innovation and acceptance of research results by farmers. This particular issue focuses on the important role that advisors can play in addressing the effects of climate change on water scarcity, water pollution and the avoidance of saline soils, a rapidly coming issue in the most sustainable agriculture of the future.

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Improving preparation of multi-actor projects to enable the relevant actors to work in a co-creative way

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Code: 15158 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

1. Improve the drafting of multi-actor project proposals and in particular the involvement of relevant actors with complementary knowledge in a balanced way in the preparatory stage.

3. The CAP cross-cutting objective of modernising the sector by fostering and sharing knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake. It will provide overall knowledge to the CAP supported projects related to knowledge creation, organisation and sharing.

4. The outcomes will be connecting actors, policies, projects and instruments to speed up innovation.

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Effective systems for authenticity and traceability in the food system

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Code: 15153 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The issue of food fraud has been thrust into the spotlight and is of increasing concern to society and to the food industry. It can have very different impacts on consumers, ranging from direct health threats to violation of consumer rights. Τhere is a constant need for sensitive and accurate authentication methods and innovative traceability methods to prevent food fraud and help the industry and official control authorities.

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Integrated surveillance system to prevent and reduce diet-related non communicable diseases (NCDs)

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Code: 15147 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

NCDs such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes are responsible for the deaths of 41 million people each year, equivalent to 71% of all deaths globally. NCDs have a negative impact on both lives and health budgets but are largely preventable through effective interventions that tackle shared risk factors. Proposals under this Call should consider a range of diet-related NCDs, geographic, socio-economic, behavioural and cultural factors. Data collected and integrated by the private and public sectors should be broken down by gender and by socio-economic groups.

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Enhancing biosecurity in terrestrial livestock production

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Code: 15141 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Biosecurity can prevent or minimise the risk of transmission of infectious diseases not only to animals, but also people (zoonoses), and contributes to the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Proposed projects should address biosecurity at primary production, at least on farms and where animals are handled, but may also address relevant sectors like the feed industry. Effective biosecurity requires constant attention by those implementing it. Biosecurity can more easily be performed in enclosed facilities, like for indoor livestock farming, than in outdoor production, which may facilitate direct or indirect contacts with wildlife and subsequent transmission of a pathogenic infectious agent to livestock, although risks from outdoor farming may not always be higher than indoor.

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Socio-economics of pesticide use in agriculture

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Code: 15136 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Research has shown that well-designed integrated pest management programmes can control pests in an ecologically friendly manner; however, farming today relies on chemical treatments to ensure farm profits and yield. A better understanding of the social, economic and policy factors that can hinder or promote the uptake as well as evidence of the economic performance of integrated pest management/ low pesticide practices are needed to identify measures that can enhance its adoption and encourage the involvement of all relevant actors across the value chain.

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Risk assessment of new low risk pesticides

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Code: 15133 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

To ensure the lowest risk to human health and the environment, the development of so-called low-risk substances is encouraged by several regulatory incentives in the EU. The plant protection products approval and authorization process has to keep pace with scientific and technological developments aiming to advance assessment methods of new low-risk plant protection products. Proposals should need to consider and address relevant EU regulatory requirements as well as relevant guidance documents that are to be followed for the specific hazard characterisation and exposure assessment to achieve an appropriate risk assessment.

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Microbiomes in food production systems

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Code: 15125 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The scope covers plant/animal/human/food microbiome interactions that can provide healthier food and reduce human health and environmental risks, and contribute to restoring biodiversity, enhanced circularity, and climate change adaptation.

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Research and innovation for food losses and waste prevention and reduction through harmonised measurement and monitoring

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Code: 15120 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Preventing and reducing the amount of food intended for human consumption that is eventually lost or wasted is a complex challenge. The robust and reliable measurement and monitoring of food losses and waste is key to tracking progress made over time and informing the development and implementation of effective strategies and actions. There is also insufficient understanding of the root causes and drivers behind these losses, and this is key to developing effective strategies for preventing and reducing them.

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Building alternative protein-friendly sustainable and healthy food environments

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Code: 15117 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Food environments are essential to enabling a dietary shift towards less livestock-based and less highly processed food. Much more R&I is needed on food environments to ensure that environmental sustainability and health objectives can be achieved. To achieve a meaningful dietary shift, a choice architecture should be designed to promote healthy and sustainable food preferences.

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Biosecurity, hygiene, disease prevention and animal welfare in aquaculture

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Code: 15105 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The successful proposal will support research and innovation on animal health and welfare in aquaculture to contribute to an environmentally friendly, inclusive, safe and healthy seafood production, including from freshwaters.

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Integrated and sustainable freshwater bioeconomy: Combining aquaculture, biodiversity preservation, biotechnology and other uses

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Code: 15103 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

The successful proposal will support freshwater aquaculture products/processes and/or environmental services sustaining the health of freshwater ecosystems and their bioeconomy sectors.

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Innovative solutions to prevent adulteration of food bearing quality labels: focus on organic food and geographical indications

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Code: 15089 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Proposals under this Call should investigate the current fraud practices affecting quality labelled food products, in particular organic and GI, and analyse the root causes/drivers of these practices and obstacles and ways to eradicate them.

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EIT Call for Proposals 2021-DESIGN

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Code: 15084 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIT-2021-KIC-DESIGN | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 26/10/2021 | End submission calls: 24/03/2022

By uniting cultural and creative organisations from business, higher education organisations and research centres in a pan-European innovation ecosystem, EIT Culture & Creativity will deliver innovative solutions to help the sectors and industries become stronger and more resilient. This new innovation community will train the sector’s future entrepreneurs, power its cutting-edge ventures, and deliver innovative solutions to the challenges facing the sectors. It would also bridge regional innovation gaps and harness the power of these sectors to support Europe’s cultural leadership. Further information in relation to the thematic scope of EIT Culture & Creativity KIC can be found in the factsheet on the KIC on Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries.

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More resilient aircraft and increased survivability

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Code: 15076 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 12/01/2022

Activities under this Call should contribute to maintain a high-level of safety in aviation by encompassing the evolution of external hazards with the evolution of aviation systems. Aircraft should be more resilient to external hazards and internal failures in all phases – from ground-handling, runway operations, up to flight and emergency operations.

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Predictive safety assessment framework and safer urban environment for vulnerable road users

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Code: 15045 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 12/01/2022

A Safe System approach recognises that since accidents will continue to occur despite preventive efforts, it is a shared responsibility between stakeholders (road users, road managers, vehicle manufacturers, etc.) to take appropriate actions to ensure that road collisions do not lead to serious or fatal injuries. In a Safe System approach, mobility is a function of safety rather than vice versa. It involves the implementation of system-wide measures that ensure, in the event of a collision, that the impact forces remain below the thresholds likely to produce either death or serious injury.

Project results are expected to contribute to the following areas:
Area A – Predictive safety assessment framework
Area B – Safer urban environment for vulnerable road users

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Artificial Intelligence (AI): Explainable and trustworthy concepts, techniques and models for CCAM (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 15043 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 12/01/2022

Αny AI requires good integration into the overall system with close interaction and compatibility with the active safety systems (e.g. automated emergency braking). For the development process, training is essential for the performance of unbiased AI. It requires sufficient traffic and event data under varying conditions from all over Europe, avoiding limited data sets. The current, mainly deterministic approaches for validation in automotive development will not be sufficient for future training and validation of AI-based or AI-supported functions, which will also need to be able to deal with complex issues as (un)intended miscommunication.

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Integrate CCAM services in fleet and traffic management systems (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 15040 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 12/01/2022

Proposed actions under this Call should develop and demonstrate concepts of traffic and fleet management to achieve a desirable integration of CCAM vehicles in the entire mobility system. CCAM vehicles should be considered in their different sizes and usages as well as their mobility service provision (private, public, shared, pooled etc.).

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Human behavioural model to assess the performance of CCAM solutions compared to human driven vehicles (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 15038 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 12/01/2022

The variability of human behaviour and performance with factors like gender, cultural and ethnic background, ageing, diseases, driving experience, mental workload or fatigue makes the acquisition of such evidence a very challenging task. Data on the dependence of human driving behaviour from such factors is partly available from previous research, but not sufficiently broken down to the level of specific driving situations.
Proposed actions have to develop a probabilistic human behavioural model with the potential to cover all relevant aspects of human driving performance as well as the broad spectrum of drivers and influencing factors.

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Demonstrate the use of high temperature geothermal reservoirs to provide energy storage for the energy system

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Code: 15036 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

This Call is related on the development of UTES is linked to a multidisciplinary understanding of the whole system, including waste-heat source, exploration and subsurface characterisation, production, implementation and distribution systems, as well as the adaptation of the regulatory framework and social acceptance. The main technical challenges are the adaptation of the return temperature from the surface site to the subsurface temperature and to the regulatory frameworks, identification, characterisation and monitoring the reservoirs for UTES, the geo-mechanical effects of the reservoir linked to the seasonal injection/ production operations related to pressure and temperature changes, hydrogeochemical problems associated with scaling and corrosion of the piping system, circular design and optimisation of the distribution network.

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Advanced manufacturing of Integrated PV

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Code: 15034 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

“Integrated PV” stands for photovoltaics that are embedded into components fulfilling other functions. In addition to the overall PV goal of lowering the LCOE, IPV applications can bring the extra value of decentralized, point-of-use electricity generation and simultaneously fulfil another function such as of a roofing, facade or sound barrier. Progressively developing and having the potential for a world-wide market with huge opportunities for the European industry, manufacturing of customized IPV in series production concept needs to be developed to bring down the cost of Integrated PV allowing for largescale production and use.

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Demonstration of innovative materials, supply cycles, recycling technologies to increase the overall circularity of wind energy technology and to reduce the primary use of critical raw materials

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Code: 15030 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Renewable energy sources installations will have an explosive growth, in order to achieve the goals of climate-neutrality by 2050. Clear and decisive actions will need to be taken in order to assure that, the future wind farms are sustainable and circular, while also dealing with current wind farms and the recycling of their components, once they reach the end of their lifetime.

The nature of this challenge involves different kinds of activities. The first activity is on the development of large-scale industrial demonstration of composite material recycling technologies to increase the circularity of wind technology. This demonstration will focus on flexible approaches for composite recycling, and on the development of a knowledge hub involving other composite-heavy sectors, in order to share best practices and to identify common challenges.

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Excellence Hubs

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Code: 15020 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-04-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 03/11/2021 | End submission calls: 15/03/2022

Excellence Hubs are part of the European Excellence Initiative and complement the science-oriented schemes Teaming, Twinning, ERA Chairs and the European Excellence Initiative for Universities by a dedicated innovation component. Excellence Hubs will focus on innovation by allowing innovation ecosystems in Widening countries and beyond, to team up and create better linkages between academia, business, government and society.

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Demonstration of cost-effective advanced biofuel technologies utilizing existing industrial plants

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Code: 14987 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Proposals should demonstrate cost-efficient advanced biofuel technologies which improve the economic viability of the advanced biofuel production. This should be done through innovative transformation of existing plants to incorporate production of advanced biofuels from non-food/feed sustainable biomass feedstock into existing processes, e.g., first generation biofuel plants, paper mill industry, waste treatment plants, oil-refineries, petrochemical industry, etc. Integration of advanced biofuel processing should be done with new and innovative installations and it should be optimized implementing a circularity approach for energy and material, as well as digitalization as appropriate, e.g. by using sensors, smarter equipment, algorithms etc., to increase the efficiency, cost-effectiveness and performance of the final plant.

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Novel Agro-Photovoltaic systems

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Code: 14985 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Agro-Photovoltaics (or Agrivoltaics) denotes approaches to use agricultural areas simultaneously to produce crops and to generate PV electricity. In this way, Agro-photovoltaics increases land-use efficiency and enables PV capacity to be expanded solving the problem of energy poverty in the agricultural sector, while still retaining fertile arable areas for agriculture.

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Demonstration of innovative plug-and play solutions for system management and renewables storage in off-grid applications

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Code: 14981 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Demonstration of innovative plug and play solutions for system management and renewables storage in off-grid applications, which allow for increase of renewables penetration for electricity and heating/cooling and are deployable under different climatic conditions, while also addressing cost-effectiveness, energy poverty and security of supply and by promoting prosumer renewable energy in off-grid cities and communities (including on geographic islands).

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Decarbonising industry with CCUS

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Code: 14979 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

The focus of this topic lies in demonstrating the integrated chain of mature CO2 capture technologies in industrial facilities with the perspective of geological storage and/or use.

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European demonstrators for integrated shared automated mobility solutions for people and goods (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 14976 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 12/01/2022

CCAM solutions have to provide a more user-centred, all-inclusive road mobility, while increasing safety, reducing congestion, emissions and contributing to climate neutrality. These novel mobility services enable seamless integration with existing services (e.g. public transport, logistics), and higher levels of automation support, transport productivity and efficiency (e.g. transportation of goods at lower speeds to save energy, operational efficiency at logistics hubs and in hub to hub corridors or last mile operations). Further testing of highly automated systems and services with high scaling potential is necessary, involving more mature technologies or additional use cases in extended Operational Design Domains (ODDs).

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Demonstration of innovative forms of storage and their successful operation and integration into innovative energy systems and grid architectures

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Code: 14971 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

This Call is related with the demonstration of successful operation and integration of either standalone or combined innovative storage solutions (e.g. chemical, electrical, thermal, mechanical including e.g. compressed air/liquid, supercapacitors, innovative hydropower storage solutions) into innovative energy systems and grid architectures. Material development with respect to Supercapacitors is excluded from this topic.

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Interoperable solutions for flexibility services using distributed energy storage

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Code: 14969 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

The objective is to develop interoperable distributed storage technology to enable the seamless utilization and monetization of storage flexibility within a real life environment.

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Real Time Demonstrator of Multi-Vendor Multi-Terminal VSC-HVDC with Grid Forming Capability (in support of the offshore strategy)

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Code: 14967 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Proposals under this Call will include all the necessary activities concurring to the implementation of a Real Time Demonstrator of a Multi-Vendor Multi-Terminal HVDC (Voltage Source Converter High Voltage Direct Current) with Grid Forming capability. HVDC systems are applicable and can be planned, designed and integrated in any part of the AC grid, i.e. onshore as well as offshore. Attention is presently focused to offshore grid application.

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Demonstration of innovative rotor, blades and control systems for tidal energy devices

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Code: 14961 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

There is a need for further technology investigation and demonstration for improved reliability and efficiency of tidal turbine rotor and blades, including control and condition monitoring systems. Improving the seaworthiness of rotor and blades will reduce the likelihood of failure, reduced annual energy production and increases in operating costs.

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Energy system modelling, optimisation and planning tools

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Code: 14951 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Building on existing open source models or on the opening of currently proprietary models, the project should develop and validate open source models of the components of the energy system and provide tools to integrate these component models into a system model to satisfy the (future) needs in a geographical area, thereby providing a planning tool for cost and emissions optimisation of the enhanced energy system at pan-European level. The aim is to better plan and optimise the expansion of the energy generation and transmission and storage systems to meet the (future) energy needs aggregated at a granularity level finer or equal to the NUTS2 level.

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Reliable occupant protection technologies and HMI solutions to ensure the safety of highly automated vehicles (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 14846 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 12/01/2022

In order to ensure the safety of highly automated vehicles, on-board systems need to anticipate risks reliably, prevent crashes and minimise the consequence of unavoidable collisions while enhancing user acceptance, and generating trust and reliance on automated systems through well-designed, informative Human-Machine-Interfaces.

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Replicable solutions for a cross sector compliant energy ecosystem

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Code: 14841 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Promote the adoption and usage of connected interoperable energy smart home appliances (including the EV charging and home storage) and solutions in order to accelerate the deployment of demand-side flexibility services, reduce the entry barrier and facilitate replication.

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Safer navigation and tackling containership fires

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Code: 14833 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 25/01/2022

Whilst the safety of shipping has significantly improved since the major disasters in the past decades navigational accidents remain a frequent and almost daily occurrence. Human factors are often the most important causal factor within navigational accidents including collisions with waterborne traffic and structures, and groundings. Furthermore hazards such as collisions with large marine mammals and debris can be difficult to detect by means of human observation. Despite improvements fires on-board containerships continue to be a regular occurrence which often require external intervention for crew evacuation and on certain occasions have remained uncontrolled for days before burning out or being extinguished. To address these challenges applicants will address one of the following two aspects:
- Navigational accidents
- Containership fires
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Supporting the action of consumers in the energy market and guide them to act as prosumers, communities and other active forms of active participation in the energy activities

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Code: 14807 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

The provisions of the Clean Energy Package have paved the way for a new, more active role of prosumers and energy communities in the electricity market. Innovative tools and tailored solutions should be developed and tested in order to fully enable new type of interactions between citizens as consumers, prosumers and (members of) energy communities and foster participation in energy (in particular electricity) markets.

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Thermal energy storage solutions

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Code: 14802 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/04/2022

Project results under this Call are expected to contribute to the development and demonstration of novel modular, compact, high performances, thermal energy storage solutions (TES) for heating, hot tap water and cooling for electricity load shifting. The integration of the solution within the energy networks of the building and its system management should allow different functions, such as peak load reduction, energy saving, energy cost minimization. Also is expected to develop and demonstrate a novel thermal energy storage system much more compact than state-of-the-art technologies, enabling the storage of heat and cold for domestic applications for periods typically of 4 weeks long.

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MSCA Staff Exchanges 2021

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Code: 14675 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2021-SE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/10/2021 | End submission calls: 09/03/2022

MSCA Staff Exchanges promote innovative international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration in research and innovation through exchanging staff and sharing knowledge and ideas at all stages of the innovation chain. The scheme fosters a shared culture of research and innovation that welcomes and rewards creativity and entrepreneurship and helps turn ideas into innovative products, services or processes. It is open to research, technical, administrative and managerial staff supporting R&I activities.

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Demonstration of advanced Power Electronics for application in the energy sector

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Code: 14150 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

The activities are intended to produce, test and validate WBG-based based switching semiconductors such as Silicon Carbide (SiC) for converter station application.

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Support to the activities of the ETIPs and technology areas of the SET Plan

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Code: 14127 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

Considering the overarching aim of the clean energy transition, ETIPs, IWGs and/or similar fora are encouraged to align and coordinate their activities, defining cross-cutting aspects for accelerating the clean energy transition and contribute to the development of a European Research Area in the field of Energy.

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Support to the activities of the European Geological Services

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Code: 14125 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

There is a need for standardised reporting and uniform appraisal of subsurface capacities for CO2 sequestration and temporary storage of sustainable energy carriers (including hydrogen and heat/cold) in order to support a secure, affordable and low-carbon energy supply. This topic calls for concerted action to structurally address this challenge at European level, which is expected to ultimately lead to a Geological Service for Europe as a point of entry into a permanent collaborative network of National Geological Survey organisations.

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Cost reduction of CO2 capture (new or improved technologies)

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Code: 14123 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

The objective is the pilot demonstration of advanced CO2 capture technologies that have a high potential for increasing capture rates and efficiency, while reducing energy penalty and improving cost-efficiency of the whole capture process.

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Integration of CCUS in hubs and clusters, including knowledge sharing activities

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Code: 14120 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

The project is expected to demonstrate the necessary requirements for CCUS integration in carbon-intensive industries and will promote knowledge sharing activities. Additionally, is expected to include the elaboration of detailed plans for the integration of CCUS in hubs and clusters linked to CO2 storage sites via hubs, pipeline networks and shipping routes, with due attention to national and border-crossing permitting and regulatory issues.

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Demonstrating integrated technology solutions for buildings with performance guarantees (Built4People)

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Code: 14114 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D4-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 25/01/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to the demonstration viability of, and proven integrated technology solutions for, performance guarantees and performance-based contracts to increase buildings energy performance including aspects going beyond energy towards a broader range of climate- and environment- relevant matters. Also, it has the goal to enhance consumer trust in guarantees of performance and related contracts as well as enhanced awareness of end users and capacity building of businesses on performance-based contracts.

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Cost-effective, sustainable multi-functional and/or prefabricated holistic renovation packages, integrating RES and including re-used and recycled materials (Built4People)

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Code: 14108 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D4-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 25/01/2022

Proposals are expected to deliver large-scale, real life demonstration of promising technology innovations already demonstrated at lab level.

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Strengthening European coordination and exchange for innovation uptake towards sustainability, quality, circularity and social inclusion in the built environment as a contribution to the new European Bauhaus (Built4People)

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Code: 14104 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D4-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 25/01/2022

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Innovative biomethane production as an energy carrier and a fuel

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Code: 14102 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022

Proposals will demonstrate cost-effective and innovative biomethane production through thermochemical, biochemical, chemical, electrochemical, biological pathways including sustainable biomass and biogenic wastes gasification, CO2 effluents from anaerobic digestion or fermentation processes combined with renewable hydrogen or water.

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Solutions for more sustainable geothermal energy

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Code: 14098 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022

The proposal is expected to develop and validate innovative sustainable circular-by-design solutions that can reduce environmental impact and increase the overall circularity of geothermal energy.

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Demonstration of large-scale CHP technologies for a shift to the use of biogenic residues and wastes

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Code: 14096 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022

Proposals under this Call are expected to address long-term scenarios for flexible and modular operation within the energy system network and document all demonstrators fully and transparently, to ensure replicability, up-scaling and to assist future planning decisions.

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Stable high-performance Perovskite Photovoltaics

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Code: 14093 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022

This Call focuses on Photovoltaic power generation .
It is important to enhance affordability, security of supply and sustainability of PV technologies along with further efficiency improvements.

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Novel approaches to concentrated solar power (CSP)

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Code: 14086 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022

Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants supply renewable, dispatchable power and can therefore be an important element of the evolving energy system.

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Innovation on floating wind energy deployment optimized for deep waters and different sea basins (Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, North-east Atlantic Ocean)

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Code: 14083 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022

Floating offshore wind has the potential to unleash a new European industrial sector able to deliver clean and sustainable energy. Building from European technological and industrial know-how and harnessing the natural resources of the different sea basins around the European Union, namely the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea and the North-east Atlantic Ocean, there is an opportunity to leverage these conditions into technological leadership, while supporting the goal of climate neutrality.

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Novel materials for supercapacitor energy storage (RIA)

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Code: 14057 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-24 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Proposals under this Call should address the challenge for new material concepts to be used in supercapacitors to at least double the energy density over current technologies reduce cost and minimise or eliminate use of CRMs.

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Innovative foundations, floating substructures and connection systems for floating PV and ocean energy devices

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Code: 14051 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022

The expected results of this Call are expected to contribute to the improvement of the overall life time, reliability, installability, operability and maintainability of marine substructures, mechanical joints and energy connection systems for ocean energy devices and/or offshore floating PV. Also, it will contribute to the further understanding of the device’s real life performance allowing a safe reduction in the over-engineering of devices’ specifications, as well as to the reduction of LCOE in line with the SET Plan targets.

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Demonstration of superconducting systems and elpipes

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Code: 14048 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- New SCTL technologies to upgrade and expand the electric grid to meet the requirements imposed by the increasing penetration of renewables.
- Use of different superconductor technologies (e.g. HTS, MgB₂) with different cooling medium, power rating and lengths.
- Increased power transfer capability within existing right of ways.
- Test and validate the transmission of bulk power not achievable with current cable technologies.
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Reliability and resilience of the grid: Measures for vulnerabilities, failures, risks and privacy

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Code: 14046 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcome:
Demonstration of increased energy system reliability and resilience, preventing or ensuring rapid recovery following disturbances such as faults, cyberattacks, terrorism or similar at all relevant levels (infrastructure, hardware, software, organisational, etc.).

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Electricity system reliability and resilience by design: High-Voltage, Direct Current (HVDC)-based systems and solutions

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Code: 14041 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

Proposals under this Call, will explore concepts and propose solutions to foster the development of large HVDC based transmission grid infrastructures, able to bring benefits to the existing electrical system and capable of integrating the fore coming large amount of renewable energy.

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Carbon-negative sustainable biofuel production

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Code: 14036 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022

This Call focuses on the improvement of reusing or inhibiting biogenic effluent gases from biofuel production in the same process, increases the biomass conversion efficiency and sustainability potential and the overall resource and energy efficiency of the biomass utilization. This will contribute to increase the biofuel technology competitiveness and acceptance and advance the European leadership and global role in the area of sustainable biofuels.

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Wind energy in the natural and social environment

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Code: 14027 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022

Wind turbines are facing opposition despite being a high-potential clean energy source. In order to achieve the European goals on climate neutrality, dedicated actions in this context are needed to ensure that large turbines retain a low environmental impact and gain more popular support. A particular focal point should be how to best engage with different communities to identify actions toward the co-existence goal.

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Physics and aerodynamics of atmospheric flow of wind for power production

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Code: 14008 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022

Τhere is a need for an improved understanding of atmospheric flow physics, particularly regarding wind power production forecasting and the design of wind energy technology components.

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AU-EU Water Energy Food Nexus

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Code: 13997 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2023

The topic is contributing to the activities of the AU-EU High Level Policy Dialog (HLPD) Climate Change and Sustainable Energy (CCSE) partnership. Τhe needs for African countries of having their own dedicated models to simulate and estimate the stresses on the water-energy nexus are crucial for their policy decision and energy planning. International agreement and trade issues can be considered in the model. The proposal should then develop and test models for decision makers and planners to implement energy infrastructures and energy supply in Africa which safeguard a systemic approach to the water-energy food nexus.

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Support the deployment of lighthouse demonstrators for the New European Bauhaus initiative in the context of Horizon Europe missions

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Code: 13991 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-NEB-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 28/09/2021 | End submission calls: 25/01/2022

This action will contribute to the Delivery Phase of the NEB, by deploying mission-oriented pilot projects that will act as ‘lighthouse demonstrators’ across the territory of the European Union and Associated Countries. They should embrace the key principles of the NEB initiative (sustainability, inclusion and aesthetics), using architecture, design and culture as core resources for a sustainable society, and the mission-oriented approach (impactful, measurable, targeted) in an innovative and exemplary manner.

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Socio-economic risks of climate change in Europe

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Code: 13983 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D1-01-02-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 10/02/2022

Actions under this Call should improve the understanding of the nature and extent of physical risks from a changing climate and their integrated socio-economic implications in Europe in 2030, 2050 and 2100 timeframes. The analysis should evaluate the costs of inaction / “business as usual” by extrapolating current policies with different social and climatological scenarios. It should seek to capture the range of possible socio-economic climate-related risks including both those most likely to occur as well as those associated with low-probability high-impact climate events with potentially catastrophic outcomes.

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Social science for land-use strategies in the context of climate change and biodiversity challenges

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Code: 13981 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D1-01-03-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 10/02/2022

Actions under this Call, should aim to gain a realistic understanding of the factors behind land-use decisions and how they can be best oriented towards the efficient and socially responsible pursuit of multiple policy objectives on various scales (from the individual field/farm to region to national to continental scale). They should develop a toolbox of instruments and approaches deployable at different levels consistent with long-term goals and strategies.

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Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) approaches

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Code: 13972 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D1-01-01-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 10/02/2022

Projects under this topic should identify an extended range of nature-based and technical CDR methods, analyse and characterise them in a consistent and transparent assessment framework.

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Supporting the formulation of adaptation strategies through improved climate predictions in Europe and beyond

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Code: 13966 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D1-02-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 10/02/2022

Proposals under this Call, should aim at improving seasonal to decadal prediction to boost their quality at regional to local scale in particular for Europe and for variables of high societal relevance. Actions will enable progress in closing the gap between current skill and potential predictability estimates, as well as better aligning with immediate adaptation needs of end-users and making those predictions actionable. Ultimately, methodologies need to be developed to merge simulations from long-term weather forecast to climate predictions and projections, resulting in seamless climate information from sub-seasonal to seasonal and decadal predictions for the next 30 years.

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Let nature help do the job: Rewilding landscapes for carbon sequestration, climate adaptation and biodiversity support

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Code: 13960 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D1-02-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 10/02/2022

A better understanding of how the use of ecosystems natural capacity, with minimal help from humans, can contribute to carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation is urgently needed to make the use of NBS operational. Actions should foster interdisciplinary research with a focus on the climate-biodiversity nexus, advancing our knowledge to further promote integrated approaches to better address these interdependent challenges.

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Improvement of Integrated Assessment Models in support of climate policies

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Code: 13958 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D1-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 10/02/2022

Actions should improve the state-of-the-art of IAMs by tackling their existing weaknesses and lack of/limited capabilities of the current generation of models in order to provide robust, credible and transparent evidence-base in support of design and evaluation of multiscale (global, European, national, regional) mitigation policies at various time horizons. An important goal of this call is to address multiple challenges in a coherent and consistent manner using an integrated framework. To achieve this goal, it is not compulsory to incorporate all issues into a single IAM. Combinations of hard linking, soft linking and other ways of insuring a coherent approach between models and experts can be considered.

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Verification and reconciliation of estimates of climate forcers

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Code: 13953 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D1-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 10/02/2022

Proposals under this Call should aim to develop scientifically robust methodologies, building on achievements from previous research activities in order to decrease to acceptable levels uncertainties associated with emission estimates, identify and constrain irreducible differences and improve the attribution of emissions and removals to their sources (in particular the separation of natural versus anthropogenic fluxes).

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Development of high-resolution Earth system models for global and regional climate change projections

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Code: 13950 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D1-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 10/02/2022

Proposals under this Call should improve European high-resolution, fully coupled atmosphere-ocean-land Earth System Models, able to robustly simulate key climate processes, their variability and future trends for this and well into the next century in order to enhance the quality, robustness and versatility of climate projections on a range of temporal and spatial scales (global and regional) to support policies implementing the goals of the Paris Agreement and address the societal need to assess and respond to the adverse impacts of climate change.

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Increasing energy system flexibility based on sector-integration services to consumers (that benefits system management by DSOs and TSOs)

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Code: 13944 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

The projects undert his Call will test and develop further already demonstrated solutions for data-driven energy services for consumers, in cooperation with various actors in the energy system.

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Market Uptake Measures of renewable energy systems

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Code: 13927 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

Proposals under this Call is expected to develop solutions addressing at least 2 of the expected outcomes either for the entire renewable energy market or focusing on a specific energy sector, such as electricity, heating, cooling or renewable fuels. Proposals can also address issues within a specific geographical region such as urban and peri-urban areas. Issues related to acceptance of RES technologies due to cultural heritage landscape particularities can be addressed.

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Demonstration of wave energy devices to increase experience in real sea condition

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Code: 13923 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

The action is expected to:
- Demonstrate wave energy devices in real sea conditions for long periods of time (12-24 months) providing invaluable learnings regarding performance, reliability, availability, maintainability, survivability and environmental impact.
- Utilise verified key subsystems by comprehensive dry testing to reduce risks in the implementation of the project. Alternatively, the project action is expected to finalise the dry testing in the first year of the project. The onshore testing of key subsystems need to have been carried out prior to any at-sea deployment of complete devices.
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Sustainability and educational aspects for renewable energy and renewable fuel technologies

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Code: 13919 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

Sustainability is meant in environmental, social and economic terms.

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Energy Sector Integration: Integrating and combining energy systems to a cost-optimised and flexible energy system of systems

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Code: 13913 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

Projects under this Call should demonstrate the benefits of the integration of different elements. This includes in particular electricity and gas networks, district heating and cooling, and long term energy storage systems (for example Hydrogen, power-to-X, thermal storage, hydro-storage). It can also include mobility systems (e.g. e-mobility infrastructure) and energy-intensive industry and/or industrial clusters or sites. Projects should demonstrate the integration at local (i.e. distribution networks) and at national level (i.e. transmission networks), and the interactions between them.

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Reinforcing digitalisation related know how of local energy ecosystems

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Code: 13904 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

The digitization of the future will not be created only by leading digital technologies, but also by knowledge on and from the application areas of these technologies as well as a range of methods and strategic tools. The creation/reinforcement of local digitalisation-of-energy ecosystems as a way to support a competence cluster for digital energy concepts affecting to operators, consumers/prosumers, and authorities, which enable them being autonomous to react to local energy transition needs.

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Trans-national cooperation among Marie Skłodowska-Curie National Contact Points (NCP) 2021

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Code: 13742 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2021-NCP-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 31/08/2021

The objective is to facilitate the trans-national co-operation between National Contact Points (NCPs) for the MSCA, including those established in Third Countries, with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to applicants, taking into account the diversity of actors and experiences.

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MSCA International Cooperation 2021

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Code: 13740 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2021-INCO-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/10/2021

The objective is to foster international cooperation in MSCA in Horizon Europe, through a dedicated support action to complement and ensure coordination between existing promotion channels at local level, and ensure consistency with formal R&I policy dialogues at bilateral and regional levels. Focus should be given:
- At bilateral level on countries having concluded bilateral Science and Technology Agreements with the EU (Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, India, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Tunisia, Ukraine and the United States).
- At regional level, on bi-regional research and innovation policy dialogues, established notably with the African Union, ASEAN, LAC, Mediterranean partner countries, Eastern Partnership countries and Western Balkans.
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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021

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Code: 13738 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 12/10/2021

Fellowships will be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking international mobility either to or between EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, as well as to non-associated Third Countries.
Postdoctoral Fellowships either can take place in Europe (i.e. in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country) or in a Third Country not associated to Horizon Europe:
- European Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Global Postdoctoral Fellowships
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MSCA Doctoral Networks 2021

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Code: 13736 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 16/11/2021

MSCA Doctoral Networks will implement doctoral programmes, by partnerships of universities, research institutions and research infrastructures, businesses including SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond. MSCA Doctoral Networks are indeed open to the participation of organisations from third countries, in view of fostering strategic international partnerships for the training and exchange of researchers.

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MSCA Researchers at Risk 2021

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Code: 13729 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2021-RR-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 06/01/2022

The support action should be aligned with the general objectives of the MSCA, in particular scientific excellence, skills and career development, inter-sectoral mobility, equal opportunities and inclusiveness, attractive working conditions, work/life balance, while fostering open science, innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Development of hydropower equipment for hidden hydropower

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Code: 13562 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022

Project results are expected to contribute to some of the following expected outcomes:
- Advance the European scientific basis, leadership and global role in the area of sustainable hydropower while creating evidence for policy making.
- Create additional sustainable hydropower capacity to the existing fleet, maintain and advance European technological competitiveness in the sector, thus supporting the EU goals for climate protection, energy independence and economic growth.
- Enhance sustainability of added hydropower capacities by addressing social, economic and environmental aspects and by promoting prosumer renewable energy in cities and communities.
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Next generation of renewable energy technologies

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Code: 13554 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022

The proposal is expected to address high-risk/high return technology developments for game changing renewable energy technologies including catalyst development, dedicated storage systems and integration of renewable energy technologies into a single energy generation system, heating & cooling systems, fuels production systems, hybrid electricity generation solutions between different renewable energy sources, direct utilization of renewable energy sources.

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Preparatory phase of new ESFRI research infrastructure projects

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Code: 13507 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/09/2021 | End submission calls: 20/01/2022

This topic supports the preparatory phase of new ESFRI research infrastructure projects identified in the 2021 update of the ESFRI Roadmap. These ESFRI projects have been selected for the excellence of their scientific case and for their strategic importance for the European Research Area and the structuring of the European research infrastructure ecosystem.

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Consolidation of the research infrastructure landscape – Individual support for ESFRI projects

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Code: 13504 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/09/2021 | End submission calls: 20/01/2022

This topic targets the research infrastructure projects maintained on the 2016 ESFRI roadmap, for the excellence of their scientific case and their strategic importance for the European Research Area and the structure of the European research infrastructure ecosystem.

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Demonstration pilot lines for alternative and innovative PV technologies (Novel c-Si tandem, thin film tandem, bifacial, CPV, etc.)

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Code: 13197 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022

The aim of this Call is to advance those technologies that offer the potential for much higher efficiency and/or higher energy yield, the same lifetime and degradation rate and comparable cost to standard crystalline technologies, opening-up possibilities for largescale 4.0 factories to drive down costs, allowing large relocation of production to Europe.

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Cost-effective micro-CHP and hybrid heating systems

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Code: 13195 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022

Develop new technologies for biomass micro-CHP systems, including e.g. high efficiency supercritical CHP systems with embedded integration of other renewables into hybrid heating systems for maximizing the overall share of renewables at household and/or multifamily level and emission reduction.

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Building capabilities in innovation procurement

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Code: 13132 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2021-CONNECT-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 06/07/2021 | End submission calls: 26/10/2021

There is a lack of awareness, skills and knowledge within public and private buyers remains the important problem obstructing implementation of innovation procurement in practice. While there is an overriding necessity to change traditional procurement approaches, the need for dedicated training and guidance, exchange of best practices and capacity building in this area becomes necessary to reveal innovation procurement potential. The proper design of strategies and procedures, in line with the existing legal frameworks, would define marked-oriented proposals, facilitate the implementation of innovation procurement, and ensure its long-term success. Moreover, it will leverage potential new markets and contribute to tackle societal challenges in a more efficient and sustainable way.

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Women TechEU

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Code: 13128 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2021-SCALEUP-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 13/07/2021 | End submission calls: 10/11/2021

Women TechEU targets highly innovative start-ups founded, or co-founded by women, holding a top management position (CEO, CTO or equivalent) in the company at the time of submission. Women TechEU supports early-stage deep tech European start-ups.

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Scaling up deep tech ecosystems

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Code: 13099 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2021-SCALEUP-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 13/07/2021 | End submission calls: 10/11/2021

Pan-European research and technology infrastructures, as providers of advanced services and procurers of cutting-edge technologies, have an innovation potential related to the development of components, instruments, services and knowledge that could be better exploited to push the edge of existing technologies and lead to their deployment for socially useful or market-oriented purposes. The aim of the action is to explore how to fully utilise and build on the experience and knowledge of existing or previous relevant initiatives at pan-European and, where appropriate national or sub-national level, that have exploited the ecosystem-building potential of interactions with industry during the construction, operation and upgrading of research infrastructures.

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Expanding Acceleration Ecosystems

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Code: 13095 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2021-SCALEUP-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 13/07/2021 | End submission calls: 10/11/2021

Incubators, accelerators and different types of ‘company-builders’ play a crucial role in providing start-ups with growth support. There is a geographical gap which requires start-ups from less connected ecosystems to move to more established hubs elsewhere in Europe. The Expanding Acceleration Ecosystems should reverse this flow by making ‘modest’ and ‘moderate’ innovation ecosystems more attractive to international companies interested in setting up their businesses outside the established centres and tapping into the potential of local ecosystems.

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Social and affordable housing district demonstrator (IA)

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Code: 13089 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-02-32 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/09/2021 | End submission calls: 25/01/2022

To support a wide implementation of these district renovations, industrial urban symbiosis needs to be fostered amongst most relevant partners engaged in construction and renovation of social housing facilities. The local and regional dimension is important since local energy and utility networks, adjacent industrial infrastructures and available by-products and services in such districts would have to be considered in a holistic and integrated approach.

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Cooperation with EEN

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Code: 13077 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-EEN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/07/2021 | End submission calls: 06/01/2022

Deliver support actions to women innovators and widening countries applicants to EIC Accelerator as well as Seal of Excellence (SoE) holders through creating synergies with EU partners and programmes such as the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN).

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Support for transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic area of Space (CSA)

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Code: 13025 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-31 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals should facilitate trans-national co-operation amongst National Contact Points (NCPs) in the respective thematic area, encouraging cross-border activities, sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants.

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Support for transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic area of Industry (CSA)

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Code: 13023 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-30 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals should facilitate trans-national co-operation amongst National Contact Points (NCPs) in the respective thematic area, encouraging cross-border activities, sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants.

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Support for transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic area of Digital (CSA)

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Code: 13015 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-29 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals under this Call should facilitate trans-national co-operation amongst National Contact Points (NCPs) in the respective thematic area, encouraging cross-border activities, sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants.

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eXtended Reality Ethics, Interoperability and Impact (CSA)

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Code: 13008 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-28 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- A strong and competitive ecosystem, with European companies playing a leading role in the wider deployment, adoption and acceptance of eXtended Reality technologies.
- Improved quality of eXtended Reality experiences and applications, combining human-machine interactions and real, mixed, augmented and virtual environments and ensuring ethics, privacy, security and safety.
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AI to fight disinformation (RIA)

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Code: 13003 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-27 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

The Media Action Plan is developed around three areas: recovery, transformation, and enabling and empowerment. Research and innovation is key to the area of the transformation. Innovative digital solutions play an important role in ensuring a pluralistic access to trustworthy and meaningful information and quality content.
Research and innovation proposals are expected to respond to one of the following:
- Advanced AI based solutions for securing a trustworthy online environment
- Advanced AI based solutions targeted to citizens
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Workforce skills for industry 5.0 (RIA)

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Code: 13000 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-26 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

The RIA will investigate the social and economic impacts generated by emerging disruptive technologies (artificial intelligence & machine learning, block chain, big data, internet of things, 5g, etc.), robotisation and digitalization on labour markets and business models.

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eXtended Collaborative Telepresence (IA)

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Code: 12995 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-25 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

This topic aims to increase the European competitiveness and innovation capacity and foster the adoption of European eXtended collaborative telepresence technologies in both professional and private spheres, taking benefit of combining real and virtual environments to improve distant human-human interactions through wearables and computer mediated technologies.

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Tackling gender, race and other biases in AI (RIA)

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Code: 12993 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-24 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Research demonstrates how bias exacerbates existing inequalities and reinforces gender, racial and other stereotypes in, for instance, the labour market, education, online advertising systems, social media, taxation and the justice system. This topic investigates preventing and mitigating bias in AI, focusing on
(1) recommender and personalisation systems,
(2) algorithmic decision-making, and
(3) surveillance software, including facial recognition.

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Art-driven use experiments and design (RIA)

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Code: 12991 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-21 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Design of technology and deployment in selected sectors will be explored through use cases between stakeholders in industry – engineers, developers –, end-users and artists though dedicated industrial projects in continuation of the S+T+ARTS residencies and S+T+ARTS lighthouse pilots.

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Piloting a new industry-academia knowledge exchange focussing on companies’ needs (CSA)

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Code: 12982 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-20 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

This action will promote industry-academia knowledge exchange focussing on companies’ research and innovation needs, complementing university-business collaboration in line with the European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience.

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Testing innovative solutions on local communities’ demand (CSA)

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Code: 12980 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-19 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

This action will promote the uptake of research-based technological and non-technological solutions in cities and local communities by responding to concrete, citizen driven, demand for testing and experimentation. By addressing the local societal demand for innovative solutions and bringing forward R&I to match communities’ needs, the action will contribute to implementing the European Green Deal’s aim “to involve local communities in working towards a more sustainable future, in initiatives that seek to combine societal pull and technology push”.

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Fostering standardisation to boost European industry's competitiveness (CSA)

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Code: 12977 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-18 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

In the New Industrial Strategy for Europe, developing new standards, coupled with increased EU participation in international standardisation bodies, will be essential to boost industry’s competitiveness and build a sustainable and more inclusive future.

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Awareness raising on Intellectual property (IP) management for European R&I (CSA)

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Code: 12975 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

To achieve technological sovereignty in critical technology areas, the management of intellectual property, from the early stages of the knowledge creation process to the final deployment of solutions, is key. The action will address the need to increase awareness and knowledge on intellectual property management. It will build the bridge between technology generation and technology upscaling via IP management awareness.

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eXtended Reality for All – Haptics (RIA)

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Code: 12972 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

ΕXtended Reality, combining human-machine interactions and all real, mix, augmented and virtual environments, allow users to interact with real-time contextual information activated by intuitive sensory triggers. However, in order to provide eXtended Reality for all, specific accessibility oriented development is required.

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eXtended Reality Modelling (RIA)

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Code: 12970 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- Large-scale creation of eXtended Reality models with increased levels of interaction, context awareness, explainable autonomous decisions, human control, privacy and accessibility.
- Methodologies, tools and processes to build eXtended Reality services based on these models.
- Improved human to human and human to computer eXtended Reality interaction, in both offline and real-time context.
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NGI Tech Review (CSA)

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Code: 12966 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

The scope of this topic is to support an open environment fostering collaboration between internet innovators to tackle key societal challenges such as response to pandemics, climate change, disinformation, or the protection of privacy. The environment will bring together internet innovators to develop, test and improve solutions based on open source technologies.

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NGI International Collaboration - Transatlantic fellowship programme (CSA)

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Code: 12964 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

The aim of the topic is to reinforce EU-US and EU-Canada cooperation in the area of Next Generation Internet, and to establish a continuous dialogue among US, Canada and EU innovators. The focus should be on trust and data sovereignty and on internet architecture renovation and decentralised technologies.

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Next Generation Internet community-building and outreach (CSA)

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Code: 12961 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

The proposal should support the European Commission in NGI branding and marketing activities, including extensive online and social media presence, press coverage and participation in key events, establishing a positive brand image in the Internet community and the public at large. Based on advanced digital and non-digital communication techniques, the project will lead NGI communication activities and coach other NGI projects in effective communication and marketing.

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Innovation for Media, including eXtended Reality (IA)

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Code: 12956 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

The Media Action Plan, aimed at supporting media industry recovery, has three areas: Recovery, transformation, and enabling and empowerment. Transformation foresees innovation actions to support transformation of media industry, and the creation of a European Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) Industrial Coalition.

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Trustworthy open search and discovery (RIA)

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Code: 12954 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

The objective of this topic is to develop technologies and solutions enabling new and trustworthy ways of searching and discovering information on the internet across a variety of resources such as personal, scientific, industrial and environmental data, connected devices and smart objects, services, multimedia content, intranets and other IT resources, both public and private. It is also to empower end-users, including through agents acting on their behalf, to share and discover more data and reliable information sources, while preserving their privacy and increasing public trust in search results.

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Trust & data sovereignty on the Internet (RIA)

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Code: 12949 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

The objective of this topic is to deliver architectures, protocols and services to ensure that end-users can exert their rights (e.g. under the GDPR) and benefit from decentralised technological solutions that ensure that they are fully in control of their personal data on the Internet.

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European Network of AI Excellence Centres: Pillars of the European AI lighthouse (RIA)

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Code: 12944 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

To ensure European open strategic autonomy in critical technologies such as AI, with huge socio-economic impact, it is essential to reinforce and build on Europe’s assets in such technologies, including its world-class research community, in order to stay at the forefront of technological developments.

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European coordination, awareness, standardisation & adoption of trustworthy European AI, Data and Robotics (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (CSA)

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Code: 12941 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Τhe proposals of this Call should focus on one of the two expected outcomes exclusively:
- Efficient AI, Data and Robotics Public-Private Partnership supporting the community and the implementation of the SRIDA.
- Efficient support to the research community via the AI-on-demand-platform, a public community resource.
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Verifiable robustness, energy efficiency and transparency for Trustworthy AI: Scientific excellence boosting industrial competitiveness (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 12939 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

This topic focuses on the development of trustworthy AI technology as wel as the building of the next level of “intelligence” and autonomy. Solid scientific developments will be complemented, as relevant, by tools and processes for design, testing and validation, certification (where appropriate), software engineering methodologies, as well as approaches to modularity and interoperability, aimed at real-world applications.

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Support and coordination of the Quantum Technologies Flagship Initiative (CSA)

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Code: 12937 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-32 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposal results are expected to contribute to outcomes of the following categories:
- Coordination of the Quantum Technologies Flagship
- Standardisation
- Education and training
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Functional electronics for green and circular economy (RIA)

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Code: 12933 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-31 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals under this Call are expected to make technological breakthroughs in the development of functional electronics technologies, to address the challenges and opportunities associated with green and digital transformation. Eco-design principles and in particular the reduction of energy and resource consumption should be taken into account. The emphasis of this topic will be on the advancement in the area of flexible, printed and organic electronics as low-cost/light- weight/less energy intensive approach to complement inorganic-based mainstream semiconductors.

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Investing in new emerging quantum computing technologies (RIA)

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Code: 12930 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-30 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

In order to reach large-scale quantum computing in Europe, breakthroughs in scalability of quantum computing processors, devices and integrated platforms are needed, together with the ability to perform qubit operations such as read, write, and data transfer, and qubit manipulation with a universal set of quantum gates. Further qubit and platform types, such as for example neutral Rydberg atoms, photonic qubits, and spin qubits, need to be considered as candidates for quantum computing that would require further research and development efforts.

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Development of technologies/devices for bio-intelligent manufacturing (RIA)

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Code: 12928 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-27 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

In a context of increasing constrains in the usage and production of resources, bio-intelligent technologies should arise as key enabling manufacturing systems under any circumstances while fostering the biological transformation of industry. In this sense, research activities should be highly multi-disciplinary and networked to the strengthening of European industrial leadership and autonomy in this emerging technology. Proposals should investigate the potential of bioenabled technologies through the integration of biological principles with other technologies, to bolster future supply chains and more efficient manufacturing.

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Coordination of European Smart Network actions (CSA)

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Code: 12918 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-26 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

A proposal is expected to contribute to the establishment of a Europe wide platform addressing the Communication Network Technologies and systems in the context of 6G global developments. To support the identification of strategic R&I orientations including at global level, the coordination of R&I results/initiatives at EU scale including Member State level initiatives, the dissemination and web presence, the organisation of Europe’s contribution to standards, and the identification of international cooperation priorities across key regions. Also, the action is expected to directly contribute to support the early implementation of the new Smart Networks Services (SNS) institutionalised European partnership and the related programmatic organisation through cross SNS projects coordination.

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International cooperation with Canada (RIA)

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Code: 12915 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-23 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals for the Joint Call EU-Canada are expected to address a mix of quantum technology challenges in the areas of quantum communication, computing, simulation and sensing and identify the added value and/or mutual benefit for both EU and Canadian partners. These should include the integration of different aspects like physics, engineering, computer science, theory, algorithms, software, manufacturing, control, infrastructures, etc.

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Next generation quantum sensing technologies (RIA)

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Code: 12911 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-21 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals should focus on next generation quantum sensors that provide extreme precision and accuracy measurements in many fields, beyond the performance of consumer devices and services, from medical diagnostics and imaging, high-precision navigation, and monitoring, to future applications in the Internet of Things and for enhanced measurement and metrology.

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Advanced spintronics: Unleashing spin in the next generation ICs (RIA)

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Code: 12905 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals should focus on interdisciplinary R&D between academic research, RTOs and industry (including SMEs). Proposals should aim at demonstrating a fully functional prototype of a spintronic device operating in relevant environment conditions in order to show how it will unlock the full potential of the field in a number of specific and high potential application areas.

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Academia-Industry Forum on Emerging Enabling Technologies (CSA)

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Code: 12899 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

A Coordination and Support Actions enable and support a broad range of participants (across disciplines in science and engineering, RTOs, industry sectors, stakeholders) to meet, mutually inspire, cooperate and develop together innovative ideas for future enabling technologies from early stages on. They will help industry to navigate rapidly changing environments, for instance by actively transferring ideas and early technologies between players that would not normally interact, or by combinations of different foresight activities (short-term, long-term, cross-sectorial) to prioritise strategic directions while avoiding narrow visions for the future.

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European Network of Excellence Centres in Robotics (RIA)

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Code: 12897 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

To ensure European open strategic autonomy in robotics, it is essential to reinforce and build on Europe’s assets, including its world-class research community. In order to stay at the forefront of technological developments, it is essential that researchers collaborate, share ideas and research outcomes. A strongly networked community focused on excellence will be better at addressing the major robotics challenges that block the domain’s further development and deployment.

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Pushing the limit of robotics cognition (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 12895 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals under this Call are expected to develop technologies and systems that significantly enhance the cognitive ability of robots from the current state of the art to achieve greater levels of interaction and autonomy.

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AI, Data and Robotics at work (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 12893 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals are expected to demonstrate how AI, data, robotics and automation solutions can support workers in their daily tasks, improving working conditions (both physical and social) and work performance/efficiency, while considering safety, security and resilience, as appropriate.

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AI, Data and Robotics for the Green Deal (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 12891 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals are expected to integrate and optimise AI, data and robotics solutions in order to demonstrate, by addressing use-cases scenarios in actual or highly realistic operating environments, how they can directly contribute to the Green Deal. To reach their objectives, all proposals are expected to exploit synergies between at least two of the three components: AI, Data and Robotics and forge strong cooperation between to corresponding practitioners.

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Advanced Photonic Integrated Circuits (Photonics Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 12885 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Evolving photonic integration is opening up a wealth of opportunities in many application areas by enhancing functionality and spectral coverage, facilitating new applications in biomedical, environmental and industrial fields, making devices more power-efficient and bringing ground-breaking technologies within reach of entrepreneurial SMEs.

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Advanced optical communication components (Photonics Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 12876 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals need to develop ultra-dynamic photonic components and subsystems for data communication, using for example new optical wavelength bands, space division multiplexing, new integration schemes, optical switching and new switching paradigms, as solutions for time-deterministic and time-sensitive networks.

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Open Source Hardware for ultra-low-power, secure processors (CSA)

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Code: 12873 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals are expected to develop a roadmap for open source hardware in Europe covering both R&D as well as funding & business aspects for edge applications in all power and performance ranges from deeply embedded to high-end computing. Also are expected to contribute to the structure European involvement in open source hardware efforts (including open Instruction Set Architectures) related to the design of ultra-low-power, secure microprocessors, microcontrollers and accelerators.

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Ultra-low-power, secure processors for edge computing (RIA)

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Code: 12871 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals are expected to develop European secure specialised microprocessor designs (including accelerators and controllers) that deliver high-performance computing at ultra-low power operation.

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Roadmap for next generation computing and systems technologies (CSA)

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Code: 12856 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals under this project are expected to support structure for the European Computing ecosystem: networking events and vision workshops for the academic and industrial computing community. Are expected to provide yearly updated roadmaps on computing addressing the area from a broad perspective from edge device to edge cloud to cloud to HPC, from scientific to industrial to societal and research applications, and addressing all relevant aspects such as real-time, security, etc.

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Coordination and Support of the ‘Cloud-Edge-IoT’ domain (CSA)

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Code: 12854 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposal under this topic aim to explore and exploite synergies between relevant European national and private initiatives from Cloud to edge to IoT, as well to regaine European competitiveness in internet infrastructures through effective partnership models and the provisioning of open solutions as well as trusted & interoperable data-driven services in the core and at the edge.

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Future European platforms for the Edge: Meta Operating Systems (RIA)

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Code: 12852 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Europe needs to strengthen its supply and value chains in cloud to edge computing by integrating relevant elements of computing, connectivity, IoT, AI and cybersecurity. Exploiting network functions such as adhoc – cloud/fog communication not limited to 5G , the objective is to develop meta operating systems for the edge that enable cloud and edge computing orchestrations by bringing computation, data and intelligence closer to where the data is produced (sensors and devices) and by which volume, variety, interoperability, and velocity should be handled efficiently and securely.

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Technologies for data management (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 12850 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposal results are expected to provide new secure and energy-efficient data management tools: improving the usability and discoverability of data in different contexts, covering data provenance, synthetic data generation, data quality management (such as data cleaning, validation, enrichment, co-creation, identification of bias and correlations), improving data interoperability, metadata management (automated ways of labelling and describing data, data linkage), and ensuring data security, privacy and integrity, especially in the context of data spaces.

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Technologies and solutions for compliance, privacy preservation, green and responsible data operations (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 12847 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals under this Call are expected to improve the efficiency and the use of trustworthy digital technologies to address the requirements of citizens, companies and administrations/public organisations on privacy and commercial and administrative confidentiality as well as responsible, fair and environmentally friendly (e.g. in terms of energy/carbon/material footprint) data operations in data spaces, across the data life cycle.

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EU-China international cooperation on increasing the resilience of forests

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Code: 12841 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Adaptation and increased resilience of forests is essential for the forests to maintain their function as carbon sinks, to protect existing stocks and to ensure that forests will continue to provide important ecosystem services and to support the forest-based bioeconomy. Due to the high variation of European and Chinese forests, diversity of landscapes as well as governance and ownership structures, adaptation strategies need to be adapted to regional conditions and circumstances, with focus on the most vulnerable forests in climate change hotspots.

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Enhancing science-based knowledge on EU forests’, including old-growth forests, capacities to mitigate climate change

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Code: 12838 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

This topic aims to increase the science-based knowledge for an efficient implementation of good management practices that ensure the multiple functions of various forest types in Europe and to increase forest carbon stocks in the short-, medium-, and long-term.

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Agroforestry to meet climate, biodiversity and farming sustainability goals

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Code: 12836 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Achieving sustainable agricultural production that fosters both climate change mitigation and adaptation and biodiversity preservation and enhancement is a policy objective that implies finding a balance with farm productivity, socio-economic viability and wider sustainability goals. Agroforestry systems have the potential to increase ecosystem services – including soil carbon sequestration, water retention, erosion control, soil nutrients, pollination, pest- and disease-control – and biodiversity, while improving farming productivity, profitability and sustainability of farmers’ incomes.

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International Research Consortium on (agricultural) soil carbon

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Code: 12833 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Soil health is threatened both in Europe and globally by the effects of human activities and climate change. Urgent action is needed to stabilise and increase soil carbon in soils, thereby also drawing down atmospheric CO2 and monitor its status in more reliable ways, at a range of scales from field to region and at a low cost. Yet, knowledge and methodological gaps exist in relation to measuring soil carbon stocks and changes in soil carbon as well as with regard to effective measures for increasing soil carbon. Furthermore, research and innovation (R&I) efforts are dispersed and results not widely known or taken up.

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Resilient livestock farming systems under climate change

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Code: 12831 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, aim to support the farm to fork strategy objective for a transition to a fair, healthy and resilient European agriculture. It will contribute to climate action on land and more specifically towards climate neutrality by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and enhancing natural carbon sinks: better understanding and mobilising the mitigation and adaptation potential of livestock farming and related sectors based on the sustainable management of natural resources.

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Agroecological approaches for climate change mitigation, resilient agricultural production and enhanced biodiversity

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Code: 12829 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The objective of this Call is promote the transition to a fair, healthy and resilient European agriculture, notably its objective to promote agroecology, by unfolding its potential as a farming system based on the sustainable management of natural resources. Activities should improve the knowledge base to inform decision-makers and other relevant stakeholders on how agroecology can contribute to these objectives, while remaining a profitable activity for farmers.

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Environmental services: improved bioremediation and revitalization strategies for soil, sediments and water

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Code: 12823 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The topic aims at improving bioremediation and revitalization strategies for soils, sediments, surface water and groundwater while respecting the EU legislation and regulations applicable in this area, including the use of naturally occurring and optimised organisms.

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New genomic techniques (NGT): understanding benefits and risks – focus on bio-based innovation

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Code: 12799 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

There is a need to enable major advances in the life sciences and biotechnology, in new genomic techniques, such as gene/genome editing. This aims to ensure they can contribute safely and sustainably addressing the grand societal challenges of our age, such as climate change mitigation and adaptation, improved resource efficiency by industry and throughout various sectors of the economy. This covers their applicability for bio-based sectors. These advances must be aligned with the relevant EU legal framework, while aiming to support the climate ambition of zero net emissions by 2050, as well as biodiversity protection and resource efficiency goals.

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Increasing the environmental performance of industrial processes in bio-based sectors: construction, woodworking, textiles, pulp and paper and bio-chemicals

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Code: 12795 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this topic should focus on all of the following industrial bio-based sectors: construction, woodworking, textiles, pulp and paper, and bio-chemicals.

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Achieving zero polluted seas and ocean

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Code: 12793 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

To reach the policy vision of achieving clean European seas, a profound transition is needed on how we address and manage marine pollution – a blue green transition.

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Preventing and managing diffuse pollution in urban water runoff

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Code: 12791 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Actions in this topic should aim to develop innovative and integrated concepts and technologies, including digital advances, for urban drainage systems by combining advantages from blue-green-grey solutions and decentralised approaches to preventing and managing water pollution from urban runoff and storm water overflows.

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Regional nitrogen and phosphorus load reduction approach within safe ecological boundaries

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Code: 12751 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The scope of the topic is to develop a regional/river basin approach. The topic is targeted to stakeholders from regions/river basins or clusters of regions/river basins: local agencies of environmental protection, local administrators, scientists and experts in environmental impacts models. A cluster may be formed by two or more regions/river basins, in the EU and Associated Countries, with very similar characteristics in terms of territorial conditions or being neighbouring regions/river basins.

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Key oceanic and polar processes driving regional & global climate change

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Code: 12747 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call aim to contribute to strengthening the ocean – climate nexus and our understanding of the ocean and polar regions, as an integral part of the Earth’s climate system. Also, proposals aim to promote the science for understanding key processes that link the ocean to climate and people, allowing for a better understanding of the nature and magnitude of these processes, and the impact of human activity on them.

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Demonstration network on climate-smart farming – linking pilot farms

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Code: 12742 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The topic of this Call focuses on the commercial farms, which leds by sustainability-oriented farmers who are eager to pilot existing or new ready-for-practice techniques and demonstrate them to other farmers.

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European Partnership Water Security for the Planet (Water4All)

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Code: 12725 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Achieving good status of Europe’s surface waters and providing enough water for all, is not only important for the implementation of EU water related policies, it is also an essential element for achieving other EU related policies, such biodiversity, agriculture, climate and energy related policies. Water is also central to all components of the European Green Deal. There is, therefore, a need to produce science-based knowledge to support the European Green Deal and other EU policies by monitoring problems related to water and developing feasible technical and managerial solutions.

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Improved understanding, observation and monitoring of water resources availability.

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Code: 12720 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Freshwater resources are under increasing stress as a consequence of overuse and climate change with wide-ranging consequences for human societies and ecosystems. To reduce the vulnerability of ecosystems, society and water consuming economic sectors (agriculture, energy, industry) to climate change, it is necessary to enhance the knowledge on water resource availability and use, on future changes to climate and hydrological systems and on risks of extreme weather events.

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Unlocking the potential of algae for a thriving European blue bioeconomy

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Code: 12718 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call will support the development of algae-based greener aquatic industrial products/processes and/or environmental services sustaining the health of aquatic ecosystems for a healthy planet and people.

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Mainstreaming inclusive small-scale bio-based solutions in European rural areas

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Code: 12713 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

There are barriers to the adoption and implementation of research results and cooperation between research, advisory services, farmers, foresters and other actors in the supply chain is not adequately supported. Thus this Call focuses on the need of regional platforms for innovation support services in order to help European regions develop their bio-based economies and to increase awareness and knowledge about emerging opportunities as well as the environmental and socio-economic impacts relating to the valorisation of locally or regionally available biomass.

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Environmental impacts and trade-offs of alternative fertilising products at global/local scale.

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Code: 12708 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The scope of this topic is the assessment of environmental impacts and trade-offs of the production and application of a range of fertilising products derived from secondary raw materials which could replace nitrogen- and phosphorus-based fertilisers produced from conventional processes (including mining and fossil-based processes) in a life cycle perspective. Examples of alternative fertilising products within the scope include products made from secondary raw materials such as:
- recycled nutrients from urban and industrial waste water and sewage sludge
- organic fertilising products from bio-waste, from any biological residue
- by-products from digestate and from treated manure.
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International and EU sustainability certification schemes for bio-based systems

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Code: 12706 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Activities under this topic should assess scope, potential and requirements of international and EU sustainability certification schemes and business-to-business labels applicable to biological resources including primary biomass resources and bio-waste and residues intended for bio-based industrial value-chains and to bio-based materials and products, also in complementarity with actions on bio-based innovation and market measures. Relevant initiatives in the field of assessment and certification of environmental sustainability arising from EU policies in the bioeconomy sectors should be taken into account. Traceability of biological resources and bio-based materials and products on a business-to-business level, at the EU and the global scale, should be part of certification, including aspects on primary and secondary biomass and bio-based intermediates in global trade flows and imports into the EU.

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Environmental sustainability criteria for biological resources production and trade in bio-based systems: impacts and trade-offs

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Code: 12703 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Assessment of environmental sustainability of biological resources production and trades in the bio-based systems is still a challenge. Indicators of such sustainability should build on dynamic perspectives at scales ranging, in space, from planetary to local ecosystems and, in time, from next decade to the end of century and beyond.

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Optimisation of nutrient budget in agriculture

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Code: 12700 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

There are substantial knowledge gaps regarding the measurement and understanding of the impacts of nutrients flow in different farming practices (conventional, agro-ecological and organic systems, specialised and mix farming systems) at various scales, from local to global, and the capacity to model those impacts.
Therefore, proposals will support the limit and reduction of pollution due to the excess of nutrients and nutrient losses (especially nitrogen and phosphorus) in the environment, stemming from excess use in agriculture. It will contribute with new and enhance knowledge to the development of integrated nutrient management plan.

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Promote Europe's availability, affordability, sustainability and security of supply of essential chemicals and materials (IA)

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Code: 12693 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Building on the experience gained from flexible production units it would be possible to equip base chemicals production containers with modular and standardised units capable to facilitate a swift shift in the final production outcome. The focus on the proposals under this topic should thus be the development of adaptable chemical plants with flexible outputs.

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Establishing EU led international community on safe- and sustainable-by-design materials to support embedding sustainability criteria over the life cycle of products and processes (CSA)

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Code: 12690 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The Call focuses on the development of a common understanding of the principles of sustainable-by-design when applied to materials, both products and processes. The challenge is to identify the key dimensions that need to be integrated in a product sustainability performance assessment and enhance a systems approach based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) framework. The transition to sustainable-by-design is a societal urgency. Thus it is important to establish an inclusive and self-sustained international gender balanced and inclusive network of experts and stakeholders in the materials community to enable multidisciplinary design processes, map skills mismatches and competence gaps, to enable transition towards an overarching framework in which sustainability is the essential entry point into markets.

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Identifying future availability of secondary raw materials (RIA)

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Code: 12687 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

A successful transition to a climate-neutral, circular and digitised EU economy relies heavily on a secure supply of raw materials. In order to strengthen EU autonomy and reduce over-dependency, it is necessary to boost domestic sourcing, both for primary and secondary raw materials.

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Building innovative value chains from raw materials to sustainable products (IA)

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Code: 12682 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Actions under this Call, should develop innovative, sustainable technology and business solutions finishing at the level of Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) for new high value added and sustainable products with enhanced functional properties based on the EU produced raw materials. The focus is on raw materials necessary for the e-mobility and renewable energy ecosystems including battery raw materials; strategic sectors, such as aero-space and dual-use applications; or on critical raw materials, such as rare earths elements for highly performant permanent magnets.

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Innovation for responsible EU sourcing of primary raw materials, the foundation of the Green Deal (RIA)

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Code: 12679 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call aim to:
- improve knowledge base of EU and third country critical raw materials to identify new areas for exploration and resource estimation;
- promote the utilisation of UNFC (United Nations Framework Classification for Resources) and UNRMS (United Nations Resource Management System) reporting standards in the raw materials sector;
- accelerate development of EU domestic raw materials exploration projects integrating innovative technologies that can form the basis for new EU SMEs.
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Building EU-Africa partnerships on sustainable raw materials value chains (CSA)

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Code: 12677 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects aim to steer the development of strategic partnerships for EU-Africa industrial value chains’ integration, improving sustainability (especially environmental and social aspects) in the mining and metal recycling sectors in Africa, including its impacts on biodiversity. Additionallly, have the goal to contribute to eradicating illegal and ethically doubtful supply chains and activities, develop knowledge on raw materials potential in Africa that will facilitate investment and business decisions as well as educe EU vulnerabilities in raw materials sourcing.

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Developing climate-neutral and circular raw materials (IA)

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Code: 12648 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- Scale up promising raw materials recycling from end-of-life products technologies and urban mines, including efficient sorting technologies for separation and recycling.
- Develop demonstration pilot showing that raw materials can be produced in an innovative and sustainable way in order to make sure that research and innovation end up on the market.
- Strengthen the competitiveness of the EU raw materials industries, minimizing environmental impacts and risks, maximise circularity or resources and gain the trust of EU citizens in the raw materials sector.
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Ensuring circularity of composite materials (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 12645 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Composites are difficult to reuse or recycle as available technologies such as high-temperature pyrolysis, and grinding (to be used as filler material) are either not environment friendly or economically unattractive. Thus it is imperative that technologies are found to reuse and recycle these materials in a useful and sustainable manner. Furthermore, new solutions should also be envisaged to allow their recycling with very few or no need to separate them without a compromise to downcycling.

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Laser-based technologies for green manufacturing (Photonics - Made in Europe Partnerships) (RIA)

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Code: 12638 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Machine tools include various laser-based technologies such as milling, turning, grinding, laser processing, surface treatment, sintering, forming and additive manufacturing. Projects funded under this topic should integrate state-of-the-art high-power lasers and tailored beams together with quality sensors and real time monitoring systems into advanced manufacturing and re-manufacturing tools.

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Zero-defect manufacturing towards zero-waste (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 12636 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call must address the full production line or system, with an holistic approach, with the aim of reducing defects (e.g. rejected components or products) and manufacturing waste. The defect reduction and the overall quality control should be centred on such defects that reduce the yield, acceptance, or qualification of the final product, and enable a “first-time-right” production process.

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AI enhanced robotics systems for smart manufacturing (AI, Data and Robotics - Made in Europe Partnerships) (IA)

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Code: 12634 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

EU and Associated countries need to strengthen their capacity to manufacture and re-manufacture goods in a sustainable and competitive way to be ready to expand into new value chains. Projects should seize the opportunities arising from the latest state-of the art-developments in AI and robotics to deploy intelligent and autonomous systems for flexible production.

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European Technological and Social Innovation Factory (RIA)

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Code: 12632 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-31 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This topic concerns the generation of innovations that combine technological and social innovation and engage industry and society to serve the EU’s priorities. It will provide social innovators with financial and capacity building support to develop their ideas into concrete solutions enabling businesses to transform towards more resilience, sustainability and inclusion. It will also promote a new European culture of social innovation and social entrepreneurship.

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'Innovate to transform' support for SME's sustainability transition (CSA)

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Code: 12628 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-29 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Achieving European Green Deal objectives, and notably a climate neutral and resource efficient economy, requires the full mobilisation of SMEs. The COVID-19 pandemic has also led to companies redesigning their supply chains and facing a new industrial revolution, brought on by a new generation of advanced technologies, which are underpinning the potential for competitive sustainability of SMEs.

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Re-opening industrial sites preparatory action – Promoting a sustainable strategy for Europe’s industrial future (CSA)

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Code: 12626 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-28 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The objective of this coordination and support action is to analyse the industrial ecosystem of more than 20 regions in Europe and how they could be influenced by comprehensive industrial policies, innovation programs, private investments accompanied with modern regional administration policies and public investment in infrastructures, both digital and transportation. Focus is both, on the growth of the digital industries, and on the transformation of traditional industries and the creation of new business opportunities that could offer the potential for a long term value creation and for new jobs.

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Innovation Radar, Tech Due Diligence and Venture Building for strategic digital technologies (CSA)

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Code: 12622 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-27 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call aim to achieve a scaling up of capabilities in matching EU-funded technology solutions developed by highly innovative sustainable and digital startups with access to finance and growth opportunities including, but not limited to, other European funding instruments, innovation procurement, investors and corporate innovation ventures. Also, they aim to deliver, through tech due diligence and venture-building approaches, a step change in the number of new ventures created and ventures’ ability to attract funding for sustainable and digital innovations developed in EU-funded R&I.

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Biomaterials database for Health Applications (CSA)

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Code: 12610 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-25 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This Call focuses on the creation of a database of biomaterials, providing detailed information on the chemical-physical, biological and toxicological properties accessible to wide variety of end-users, for e.g. researchers, companies and clinicians for the purposes of evaluating the biological and clinical usefulness also in the areas beyond their intended primary applications. Processing of data should be done in accordance with GDPR provisions.

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Antimicrobial, Antiviral, and Antifungal Nanocoatings (RIA)

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Code: 12606 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-20 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Inorganic nanomaterials have demonstrated enhanced anti-microbial and anti-viral activity. Research areas should address new antiviral and antibacterial nanocoatings for a range of applications addressing use on both surfaces of so-called high-traffic objects (e.g. door and window handles in public places, public transport, hospitals, public buildings, schools, elderly homes etc.) and/or coatings for textiles (e.g. protective clothing in food processing plants, laboratory coats, face masks, etc.).

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Advanced materials for hydrogen storage (RIA)

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Code: 12604 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call aim to provide commercially attractive and safe new technologies for long-term storage and transport of hydrogen, to enable efficient and safe hydrogen short term storage for example for fuel tanks for automobiles, rail vehicles, ships, airplanes, or stationary storage, etc., eliminating pollution caused by fossil fuels and facilitating the greening of transport. Also, this Call has the goal to achieve elimination of economic dependence for EU’s energy needs.

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Safe- and sustainable-by-design metallic coatings and engineered surfaces (RIA)

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Code: 12593 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Metal coatings are applied, to enhance performance characteristics, such as corrosion resistance, colour, attractive appearance, wear resistance, optical properties, electrical resistance, or thermal protection. Applications range from building & construction and consumer goods to catalytic materials, metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and fuel cells and proposals covering all above areas will be welcome.

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Design and optimisation of energy flexible industrial processes (Processes4Planet Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 12591 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-21 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

To support the change of energy supply, current processes, designed to run continuously at maximum capacity, have to be adapted. Besides, energy efficiency measures will help decreasing the overall process energy demand. To leverage the flexibility in process industries, digital process control systems that optimise the process while accounting for the value of flexibility need to be implemented. Digital tools need to be developed to attain the energy flexibility of the process, but also to exchange data with network operators and flexibility markets (through market operators, suppliers and/or aggregators), which will enable industries to provide flexibility services. Powerful digital twins based on suitable combinations of analytical models, physics-based AI or pure AI solutions need to be designed and applied. Moreover, the direct integration of renewable energy generation and the higher overall efficiencies will require further flexibility solutions in process industries.

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Improvement of the yield of the iron and steel making (Clean Steel Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 12589 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-19 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call aim to:
- validate at industrial test scale technologies for impurity removal from scrap or the recovery of metal fractions contained in steel making process residues (that are today mainly landfilled) reaching high recycling rate of residues originated at the demo site up to 40% achieving a metal recovery efficiency up to 90% and a mineral recovery efficiency up to 80%;
- increase the uptake of low-quality scrap grades into high quality steel grades;
- replace the use of pre-consumer scrap grades with high quality clean scrap grades, as well as replace the use of solid pig iron produced by traditional BF process with post-consumer grades;
- reduce the environmental impact by minimizing CO2 emission up to 20% both, directly by internal recycling of the metal fraction derived from residues, or indirectly by increasing the use of scrap as raw material in steelmaking production processes.
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Hubs for Circularity European Community of Practice (ECoP) platform (Processes4Planet Partnership) (CSA)

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Code: 12587 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Circularity is an essential part of the industry transformation towards climate-neutrality and long-term competitiveness. H4C are defined as first-of-a-kind, lighthouse demonstrator plants of commercial size implementing industrial symbiosis or urban industrial symbiosis with the aim of achieving a step change in circular utilization of resources and GHG emission reductions, within a given representative geographical area. The common target is to collectively achieve and demonstrate at scale a leap towards circularity and carbon neutrality in the use of resources (feedstock, energy and water) in a profitable way.

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Automated tools for the valorisation of construction waste (RIA)

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Code: 12585 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Reusing and recycling CDW in new constructions, the sector would come closer to the targets of becoming fully circular and climate neutral. Precise quantitative and qualitative waste estimation is crucial for waste management. This could be achieved by utilising digital technologies for instance Building Information Modelling (BIM), material and component tracing, dedicated apps for construction/de-construction and optimize site management. Such tools could provide data about material type and composition (e.g. whether there are hazardous materials that require special care) and quantities, and thus an estimation of the logistics needs, cost, etc. and make waste separation easier and faster, e.g. by combining with automated equipment and robots.

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Sustainable Industry Commons (RIA)

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Code: 12567 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-26 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This Call is working on the development of tools for industry to enhance efficiency and contributing to less waste and emissions while improving material/product/process quality all along the lifecycle of a product/service system. The developed tools have to be compliant with existing standards, and the proposals should contribute to development and/or creation of new ones.

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Creation of an innovation community for solar fuels and chemicals (CSA)

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Code: 12565 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Creation of an innovation eco-system gathering the various elements necessary to accelerate the development in the area of introduction of solar fuels and chemicals. This will require a strict synergy of actions between all stakeholder components, from R&D to industry and society, in order to foster their introduction. In addition, the development of solar fuels and chemicals requires a full redesign of the current technologies and processes based on fossil fuels, and the technological gap is a main factor limiting their introduction.

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Development of more energy efficient electrically heated catalytic reactors (IA)

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Code: 12560 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- A breakthrough reduction in carbon footprint for a given reaction (CO₂ emission reduction > 40%, demonstrated by LCA or similar studies);
- Demonstrate a significant process intensification (a reactor size reduction of > 50% with respect to the state-of-the-art conventional approach) and industrial scalability;
- Environmental and techno-economic feasibility of novel catalytic reactor technologies and catalyst materials demonstrated and validated at suitable scale against current industrial processes to produce the same products;
- Integrated development methodology of catalysts and reactors for an optimized design up to pilot unit of novel catalytic reactors with significant carbon footprint reduction and allowing relevant process intensification, while maintaining cost competitiveness;
- Advanced catalytic reactor concepts to operate in synergy with alternative energy resources like e.g. non-thermal plasma.
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Safe- and sustainable-by-design polymeric materials (RIA)

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Code: 12558 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The proposals, activities and approaches under this Call, should cover both – specific considerations for the plastics under study, as well as developing overarching best practices that spans broader sectors of safe- and sustainable-by-design plastics.

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Paving the way to an increased share of recycled plastics in added value products (RIA)

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Code: 12556 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

To allow recycled plastics to be more promptly taken up as raw material for new products there is a need for reliable and standardised procedures to characterise, trace back origin and guarantee the safety of the recyclates.

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Microbiomes for bio-based innovation and environmental applications

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Code: 12544 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The scope includes developing the methods for molecular cartography, the quantitative determination of genes and metabolites and establishing the R&D resources (e.g. inventories, catalogues, “reference microbiomes”, databases etc.).
Marine microbiomes are excluded from the scope, in order to avoid overlaps with the parallel topic.

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Contained biomass solutions for sustainable and zero-Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) production systems for high value applications

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Code: 12535 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The innovative bioeconomy sectors need to diversify and deliver technological and industrial solutions based on available and sustainably sourced biomass. This calls for identifying, optimising, screening and monitoring of the growing conditions in suitable systems such as bioreactors, from where they need to be efficiently processed, extracted and converted into industrial outputs of interest. The scope covers innovative multi-scale bioreactor designs, and related innovations such as hydroponics systems and phenotyping platforms for increased sustainability of biomass production, and its efficient, pathogen-free processing and use.

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Novel, non-plant biomass feedstocks for industrial applications

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Code: 12532 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The innovative bioeconomy sectors need to diversify and to deliver technological and industrial solutions based on available and sustainably accessible biomass. The scope therefore covers the production of key bio-based products such as food and feed ingredients, including proteins, lipids and fibres, antioxidants and other substances with biological activities, and key bio-based materials or chemicals, in a resource-efficient approac. This calls for identifying and optimising sources as microorganisms, insects, fungi or mixotrophic algae, which requires defining certain growing conditions in suitable systems such as biofermentors, where they need to be efficiently processed, extracted and converted into industrial outputs of interest.

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Increasing the circularity in textiles, plastics and/or electronics value chains

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Code: 12521 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Projects under this Call aims to contribute to the increase of the deployment and market uptake of new technological solutions to waste management and recycling, and the measurement of recycled content. Also, it aims to the enhancement of diffusion and demonstrated benefits of advanced digital solutions in circular businesses, the emergence of new value chains using upcycled, recycled and/or biobased resources, the increase upcycling and recycling rates for the targeted material streams as well as the increase of resource efficiency along and across value chains, causing a measurable reduction in GHG emissions.

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Innovative solutions to over-packaging and single-use plastics, and related microplastic pollution

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Code: 12519 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Projects under this Call aim to increase deployment and market uptake of innovative solutions, through better design, alternative materials, business models promoting reuse, deposit systems, smart labelling in support of and complying with the current relevant legal framework and, when scope would cover the food chain, the future EU framework for sustainability labelling, etc. Also, are aiming to increase reuse, recyclability and upcycling of packaging and single-use plastics, as well as to achieve the reduction in the over-packaging and single-use plastics in consumer goods, food packaging and humanitarian relief items, in packaging waste and single-use plastic waste etc.

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Innovative solutions to over-packaging and single-use plastics, and related microplastic pollution

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Code: 12503 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals aim to contribute to impacts related to consumers and industry, in particular to European industrial sustainability, competitiveness and resource independence by lowering the environmental footprint, enabling climate-neutrality and higher resource efficiency, through increased circularity and a resulting reduction in GHG and air pollution emissions.

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Security research technologies driven by active civil society engagement: transdisciplinary methods for societal impact assessment and impact creation

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Code: 12482 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-SSRI-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Applied research derives its meaning, and therefore, its financial justification from its relevance to society, to society’s needs, to society’s values, to its aims, needs or ambitions. Applied research presupposes that a distinct societal need is identified and that a program of research is devised to provide the concrete knowledge required to meet that need as well as to better understand areas related to experience and requirements of technologies regarding vulnerable groups through universal design and common accessibility principles.

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Innovative and customizable services for EOSC

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Code: 12466 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The aim is to provide researchers with a set of highly innovative new services that would exploit, in a structural way, cloud-based EOSC technologies and European compute and data management capacities.

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Deploying EOSC-Core components for FAIR

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Code: 12463 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This Call enables the enforcement and implementation of the EOSC Persistent Identifier (PID) policy by developing tools, processes and additional infrastructure required to support use of PIDs to a maximal extent, for both the management and analysis of data, and also the publication, curation and tracking of research outputs. This should include a PID ‘meta resolver’ for EOSC or tools to support the alignment of PID infrastructure with the EOSC PID Policy. Proposals under this topic should also cover other research outputs, such as software, developing services based on open standards and common practices adopted by the different disciplines.

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Supporting the development and coordination of activities of the EOSC Partnership

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Code: 12460 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Proposals aim to support the development of an effective pan-European cooperation framework and a thriving EOSC ecosystem in which stakeholders from all parts of the European Research Area pull together in a strategic and coordinated manner to ensure the achievement of the EOSC Partnership objectives. Proposals should support the EOSC community at large by engaging and interacting with a large number of users and stakeholder communities, to monitor the uptake and (re)use of EOSC resources.

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Supporting an EOSC-ready digitally skilled workforce

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Code: 12451 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Development of new support material, curricula and learning pathways for researchers, data curators, and data stewards and new types of professionals. To ensure an efficient uptake and exploitation of data by Public Authorities (e.g. for evidence-based policy making), policy makers should also become skilled in data acquisition, management and analysis.

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FAIR and open data sharing in support of cancer research

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Code: 12449 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The overall objective of this topic is to accelerate research and innovation under this mission area through better access, management, interoperability and reuse of digital information, to be achieved by using and integrating EOSC resources ranging from EOSC federated infrastructures, services and data to guidelines, best practices, tools and metrics for the management of FAIR and open data. This should be achieved through cross-domain, strategic use cases of direct relevance to the mission areas and the European Partnerships supporting this mission area on cancer.

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Enabling discovery and interoperability of federated research objects across scientific communities

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Code: 12441 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EOSC-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call should align and support the development and implementation of common EOSC methodologies, open standards and frameworks to ensure wide uptake and coherent implementation of the FAIR principles, to support the FAIRness of the research digital objects made accessible through EOSC.

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ERC ADVANCED GRANTS

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Code: 12431 | Identifier Code: ERC-2021-ADG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 20/05/2021 | End submission calls: 31/08/2021

ERC Advanced Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements. Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal.

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ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS

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Code: 12428 | Identifier Code: ERC-2021-COG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 11/03/2021 | End submission calls: 20/04/2021

The ERC Consolidator Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they may still be consolidating their own independent research team or program. Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal.

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ERC Synergy Grants

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Code: 12424 | Identifier Code: ERC-2022-SyG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 15/07/2021 | End submission calls: 10/11/2021

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.

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ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS

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Code: 12416 | Identifier Code: ERC-2022-POC1 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 15/07/2021 | End submission calls: 14/10/2021

ERC Proof of Concept grants are intended to facilitate the exploration of the commercial and social potential and economics of ERC-funded research and are therefore only available to lead researchers whose proposals are essentially based on ERC funding.

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Ensuring reliability and trust in quality of Research Ethics expertise in the context of new/emerging technologies

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Code: 12406 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-91 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The first objective should be to identify the main ethics challenges resulting from the most impactful new and emerging technologies, including the specific challenges arising from research activities involving those new technologies in collaboration with non-EU partners and outside the EU.

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The challenges of research ethics and integrity in response to crisis: the coronavirus pandemic and beyond

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Code: 12403 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-90 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The first priority is to analyse what characterises, from an ethics perspective, a crisis of a global, sudden and unexpected nature of the type of the Covid-19 pandemic, and isolate what are the related ethics and integrity challenges as regards the production, sharing and use of scientific knowledge and data in designing and implementing responses as well as in anticipating future global urgencies. The scope should also cover the ethics of the scientific work on public health measures, including those aiming at an increased preparedness.
The objective of this Call is to cover emerging ethics issues related to new concepts like “immunisation certification” that are at the centre of vivid debates involving fundamental values.

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Policy coordination to advance the implementation of the ERA gender equality and inclusiveness objectives within Member States

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Code: 12401 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-81 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call aim to achieve the development of a consistent and sustainable coordination network of national representatives on gender equality and inclusiveness in support of the implementation of the ERA Communication policy objectives, leading to better coordination of Member States’ efforts.

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Centre of excellence on inclusive gender equality in Research & Innovation

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Code: 12399 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-80 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call aim to achιeve the advancement of knowledge, policy and practice on inclusive gender equality in research and innovation institutions across Europe, with an intersectional, geographically inclusive, and multi-sectorial approach. Additionally, this Call has the goal to reduce disparities across Member States and strengthen the European Research Area and its gender equality and inclusiveness objective.

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Developing a STE(A)M roadmap for Science Education in Horizon Europe

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Code: 12359 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-70 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

In order to increase the uptake in science careers, to feed the talent pipeline, a plan of action is needed to encourage more interest in STE(A)M for young and old alike, with a focus on also increasing female participation and deconstructing gender stereotypes.

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Supporting and giving recognition to citizen science in the European Research Area

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Code: 12357 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-61 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This action will launch two calls for proposals through financial support to third parties:

Kick-starting: This will kick-start and provide support services to at least 100 citizen science activities that are at the conceptual or pilot stage and which show promise in terms of innovative theme or approach, collecting and analysing data, or generating other important benefits.

Sustaining: This will support at least 25 on-going or recent citizen science activities to find ways to sustain their activities; these will have shown their worth in terms of innovative theme or approach, collecting and analysing data, generating other important benefits, or have particular potential to scale up across member states or the ERA.

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A capacity-building and brokering network to make citizen science an integral part of the European Research Area

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Code: 12350 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-60 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this call aim to strengthen the links and collaboration between citizen science initiatives and other research and innovation actors, increased capacity to conduct excellent research and innovation through citizen science, while maximising other potential benefits of citizen science, to link data infrastructures with the needs of citizen science, and improved data practices.

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Protection of Higher Education Institutions and research organisations against conventional and non-conventional threats

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Code: 12344 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-50 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Proposals under this Call aim to analyse possible threats and identify mitigation measures, to increase awareness of threats within higher education institutions and research organisations as well as to promote networking and optimising of infrastructure and resources to ensure adequate preparedness and prevention at European level.

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Support to changes in the assessment of research and researchers to reward the practice of open science

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Code: 12341 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-45 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this call aim to consolidate information on initiatives for reforming the assessment of research and researchers, taking better account of open science practice. Also, aim to connect existing initiatives at European level, facilitating mutual learning, and stimulating consensus building among the stakeholders.

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Societal trust in science, research and innovation

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Code: 12339 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-44 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call are aiming to contribute to the recommendations for policy makers, research funding and performing organisations, higher education institutions and other research and innovation actors for tackling societal mistrust in science, research and innovation as well as as to the recommendations for strengthening the co-creation of R&I contents by society, and for the spreading of good practices and evidence of their effects.

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Capacity-building for institutional open access publishing across Europe

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Code: 12337 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-43 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This action aims to support institutional publishing initiatives across Europe to improve the quality of their non-technological services to researchers, and to overcome fragmentation.

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Global cooperation on FAIR data policy and practice

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Code: 12335 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-41 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call, aim to strengthened international cooperation in order to increase and mainstream FAIRness of data and digital objects. Also, aim to contribute to the connection of disconnected initiatives on data management, data stewardship and FAIR data practices, across borders and disciplines, as enablers of open science, increasing also FAIR data sharing within and across scientific disciplines and innovation sectors.

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Modelling and quantifying the impacts of open science practice

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Code: 12332 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-40 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The mainstreaming of open science practice is driven by expected impacts:
(i) on the research system
(ii) on the innovation system
(iii) on the interface between science and society

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R&I intensive IP management: Scenarios for the future

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Code: 12299 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-33 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This topic will look at ways to overcome the existing gaps researchers have to face when following unconventional discovery methods (e.g. artificial intelligence, computer inventions etc.).

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Standardisation Booster for fostering exploitation of FP-funded research results

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Code: 12297 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-32 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The Standardisation Booster will help these beneficiaries to engage with standardisation bodies and contribute to the preparation and elaboration of standardisation activities, such as participating in a focus group, setting up a new technical committee, drafting a technical specification or a technical report, participating in awareness events.

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Implementation of a new macro-economic modelling concept

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Code: 12294 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-30 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This action will implement a renovated macro-economic modelling concept to improve the treatment of R&I and R&I policies in macroeconomic models, by developing a modelling framework consistent with the most recent empirical evidence and the theoretical state of the art.

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Towards a Europe-wide training and networking scheme for research managers

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Code: 12292 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-20 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This topic aims at improving training and skills development of research management staff, to develop better research and innovation management capacity and guidance for researchers across the entire ERA, as well as pave the way towards institutional acknowledgement of the research management profession.

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Support for policy makers – Programme level collaboration between national R&I programmes

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Code: 12290 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The actions funded under this topic will coordinate national and regional R&I programmes by pooling national resources and contributing to the alignment of national research and innovation policies.

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Twinning Western Balkans Special

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Code: 12286 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/10/2021

The purpose of the special Twinning call is to raise the bar for excellence of all R&I actors in these countries. This special Twinning aims to enhance networking activities between the research institutions of the Western Balkan countries and leading counterparts at EU level. It links the coordinator located in a Western Balkan country with at least two leading research institutions from two different Member States or Associated Countries in the role of the advanced partners. Therefore, it builds on the huge potential of networking for excellence through knowledge transfer and exchange of best practice between research institutions and partners.

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Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) for Research and Education Networks

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Code: 12282 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-NET-01-01-FPA | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The objective of this Call is to provide faster, resilient, agile and secure connectivity services for enabling scientists, researchers and students to access near real-time applications that support development of solutions and evidence-based decision-making for society and a worldwide effective collaboration of virtual research communities. The aim is to provide connectivity in the European Research Area (ERA) in multiples of 100 Gbps, paving the way for Terabit connectivity in certain areas where higher bandwidth is required for both disciplinary and interdisciplinary research collaboration amongst the researchers and scientists across Europe and beyond.

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Interdisciplinary digital twins for modelling and simulating complex phenomena at the service of research infrastructure communities

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Code: 12278 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-TECH-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Actions should develop digital twins that provide advanced modelling, simulation and prediction capabilities to RIs and their research communities through a convergent use of advanced digital technologies such as high performance computing, software, AI methods and big data analytics.

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Research infrastructures services advancing frontier knowledge

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Code: 12267 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This topic aims at providing trans-national access and/or virtual access to integrated and customised RI services for curiosity-driven research in wide scientific domains, offered by a wide range of complementary and interdisciplinary top level research infrastructures. Such scientific domains are identified on the basis of a Multi-Annual Priority Setting (MAPS) exercise aiming at achieving a balanced coverage of scientific disciplines addressed under the INFRASERV destination, ongoing grants offering access provision. Within identified domains, emerging areas of research can also be served. The MAPS follows the taxonomy used in the ESFRI Roadmap.

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Enabling research infrastructure services for better use of imaging data to address challenges in thematic research areas

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Code: 12264 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This Call aims to improve acquisition, quality, interoperability and analysis of imaging data from different disciplines (e.g.: health & food, climate and environmental research, digital transformation) as well as to promote the wider use of image analysis services based on AI in different scientific areas.

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Research infrastructures services for sustainable and inclusive Global Value Chain and Europe recovery from socio-economic crises

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Code: 12262 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This Call has a goal of establishing scientific evidence for developing the European Recovery Plan and the design of European policies for trade, production, employment and investments in relation to Global Value Chain. Also, aims of strengthening EU position on the global market.

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Research infrastructures services enabling the development of materials for a circular economy

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Code: 12260 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This Call aims to enhance and increase society’s long-term and consistent problem-solving capacity and evidence-based policy making in areas of sustainable materials and green transition, through the provision of innovative, customised and efficient RI services. Also, it aims to achieve the development of a world-class European research and technology ecosystem underpinning the development of materials and materials processing and the related value chains in order to cross-fertilisation and a wider sharing of knowledge and technologies across the various disciplines that contribute to materials for a circular economy.

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Research infrastructures services for responding to climate-related risks on the environment

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Code: 12257 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This Call aims to enhance and increase society’s long-term and consistent problem-solving capacity and evidence-based policy making in areas of climate-related risks, risk management, health and green transition, including a better understanding of socio economic implications, through the provision of innovative, customised and efficient RI services. Also it aims to achieve harmonisation of data policies and management of IPRs.

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Research infrastructures services for a sustainable and resilient agriculture and agro-ecological transitions

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Code: 12253 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This topic aims at integrating and providing trans-national and/or virtual access to a complementary and interdisciplinary research infrastructures services to support R&I in view of achieving a sustainable and resilient agriculture and support agro-ecological transitions, in line with the One-Health approach.

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Research infrastructures services to support research addressing cancer

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Code: 12244 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Proposals under this topic aim at integrating at EU level and providing access to a wide and inclusive portfolio of complementary research infrastructure services, including data services, and customised workflows supporting R&I projects along the development pipeline from discovery research to personalised treatment of cancer.

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Support to the e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG)

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Code: 12238 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG) brings together representatives from policy makers, funding bodies and the scientific community from the Member States and Associated Countries to provide advice on policy-making towards inclusive, federated, user-driven and resilient e-Infrastructures and connected services.

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Support to National Contact Points (NCPs) for Research Infrastructures

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Code: 12236 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Proposals should aim to facilitate trans-national co-operation between National Contact Points (NCPs) with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants.

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Transition to digital/remote research infrastructure service provision: lessons learnt, needs and best practices

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Code: 12229 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The provision of digital and remote research infrastructure services has proved its effectiveness during the COVID-19 emergency/lockdown. Such an approach would also contribute to a sustainable and effective ecosystem of research infrastructures, and, more in general, to a more sustainable society.

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Strengthen the bilateral cooperation on research infrastructures with Africa: improving the knowledge base on climate change in Africa

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Code: 12227 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This topic aims at fostering EU-Africa cooperation to enhance climate (including Green House Gas and Short Lived Climate Forcers – GHG and SLCF) observation capacity across Africa. EU-Africa cooperation in the field of GHG observation will also include sharing of good practices and experiences to facilitate the development of a strategic approach for structuring R&I capacities at pan-African level.

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Support to the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

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Code: 12215 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) brings together policy makers, funding bodies and the scientific community to identify joint investment priorities for pan-European research infrastructures as well as foster their implementation, sustainability and impact. A comprehensive and efficient support structure is essential for the effective execution of ESFRI tasks and activities.

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Inside and outside: educational innovation with nature-based solutions

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Code: 12205 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-COMMUNITIES-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will contribute to the EU’s goal of leading just digital, economic and ecological transitions that will leave no one behind, supporting in particular European Green Deal priorities such as the biodiversity strategy for 2030. It will support the empowerment of rural, coastal and urban communities to act for change and to contribute to the Green Deal objectives through education and upgraded skills regarding the design, implementation and benefits of nature-based solutions (NBS).

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Integrated urban food system policies – how cities and towns can transform food systems for co-benefits

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Code: 12203 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-COMMUNITIES-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals this Call aim to support the development of policies, business models and market conditions contributing to the sustainable, balanced and inclusive development of urban and peri-urban areas and to the empowerment and resilience of their communities, who can access, afford and choose healthier, nutritious and environmental-friendly food.

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Socio-economic empowerment of the users of the sea

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Code: 12201 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-COMMUNITIES-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, aims to contribute in fostering a sustainable, balanced and inclusive coastal development, supporting the implementation of the European Green Deal, incorporating a better understanding of the environmental, socio-economic, behavioural, cultural and demographic drivers of change. Conducted research activities and innovative results will empower people to act for change through education and upgraded skills, leading to positive long-term prospects, including jobs, for all including women, young people and vulnerable groups. Τhe proposal will ensure inclusion of tourism, recreational and leisure activity development in coastal areas to respect long-term environmental carrying capacity, and social goals.

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Smart XG, last-mile and edge solutions for remote farming, forestry and rural areas

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Code: 12193 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-COMMUNITIES-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this project aim to contribute to:
- fostering a sustainable, balanced and inclusive development of rural areas thanks to the deployment of digital, nature-based, social and community-led innovations;
- empowering people to act for change and get prepared to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, adapt to climate change;
- turn digital and ecological transitions into increased resilience;
- equipping rural communities with innovative and smarter solutions that increase access to services, opportunities and adequate innovation ecosystems.
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Expertise and training centre on rural innovation

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Code: 12191 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-COMMUNITIES-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this project, will contribute to fostering a sustainable, balanced and inclusive development of rural areas, supporting the implementation of the European Green Deal. It will do so by accelerating the deployment of digital, nature-based, social and community-led innovations in rural areas through capacity building and enhanced knowledge exchange, leading to rural communities that will be better equipped with innovative and smarter solutions that increase access to services, opportunities and adequate innovation ecosystems.

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Grasping rural diversity and strengthening evidence for tailored policies enhancing the contribution of rural communities to ecological, digital and social transitions

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Code: 12188 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-COMMUNITIES-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will contribute to fostering a sustainable, balanced and inclusive development of rural areas, supporting the implementation of the European Green Deal. It will do so by improving the understanding of the environmental, socio-economic, behavioural, cultural and demographic drivers of change in rural areas. Stronger evidence on which to build their strategies and initiatives will empower rural people to act for change and get prepared to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, adapt to climate change, and turn digital and ecological transitions into increased resilience, good health and positive long-term prospects, including jobs, for all including women, young people and vulnerable groups.

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Deepening the functioning of innovation support

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Code: 12178 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-26 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Projects under this Call, aim to develop sound, coherent and well-prepared innovation generation and support methods, which enable individual grassroots innovative ideas to come to fruition. It should help project coordinators to find methods to use the complementary knowledge of partners to develop ready-to-use solutions. Member States’ authorities and actors of the agricultural knowledge and innovation system (AKIS) need insights and tools to improve the interaction, connections and drafting skills for preparation of innovation project proposals.

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Improving national AKIS organisation in a co-creative process across the EU

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Code: 12168 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-25 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, aims to develop sound AKIS governance in Member States. Member States’ authorities and AKIS actors need insights and tools to advance knowledge exchange, build capacities. Innovative governance solutions should accelerate the transition to a more sustainable management and use of natural resources in farming and forestry. This will lead to better informed and engaged stakeholders and users of innovative project results thanks to effective AKIS and related platforms.

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Supporting knowledge exchange between all AKIS actors in the Member States by means of an EU-wide interactive knowledge reservoir

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Code: 12162 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-24 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Projects under this Call, aims to multiply use practice-oriented knowledge, to build capacities as well as to and demonstrate innovative solutions to accelerate the transition to a sustainable management and use of natural resources in farming and forestry. This will lead to more informed and engaged stakeholders and users of project results including primary producers and consumers thanks to effective platforms such as Agriculture Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS).

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Broaden EIP Operational Group outcomes across borders by means of thematic networks, compiling and sharing knowledge ready for practice

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Code: 12156 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-23 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposal will focus on knowledge sharing in a language that is easy to understand and is targeted to farmers and foresters.

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Assessing the impacts of digital technologies in agriculture – cost, benefits and potential for sustainability gains

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Code: 12153 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-22 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will support the development of capacities for assessing and demonstrating environmental and socio-economic effects of digital technologies in agriculture. They will contribute to the enhancement of the sustainability performance and competitiveness in agriculture through further deployment of digital and data technologies as key enablers through research and innovation in the field of the assessment of impacts of digital technologies in agriculture.

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Potential of drones as multi-purpose vehicle – risks and added values

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Code: 12151 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-21 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

There is an increasing use of drones in the EU for sectoral and social purposes. Proposals under this call will support the effective development of drones. Will contribute:
(a) enhancing sustainability performance and competitiveness in agriculture, forestry and rural areas through the further development of digital and data technologies as key capabilities; and
(b) the development of innovative governance models that enable sustainability and resilience, in particular to achieve better informed decision-making processes through drone research and innovation.

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Data economy in the field of agriculture – effects of data sharing and big data

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Code: 12013 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-20 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

This topic aims to contribute
a) to the enhancement of the sustainability performance and competitiveness in agriculture through further deployment of digital and data technologies as key enablers;
b) to the development of innovative governance models enabling sustainability and resilience notably to achieve better informed decision-making processes through research and innovation related to data economy in agriculture.

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Development of the markets and use of digital technologies and infrastructure in agriculture – state of play and foresight: digital and data technologies for the agricultural sector in a fast changing regulatory, trade and technical environment

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Code: 12011 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-19 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will support the capacities to understand and develop the markets and use of digital technologies in agriculture. They will contribute:
- to the enhancement of the sustainability performance and competitiveness in agriculture through further deployment of digital and data technologies as key enablers;
- to the development of innovative governance models enabling sustainability and resilience notably to achieve better informed decision-making processes, and innovation through research in the field of digital technologies and infrastructure in agriculture.
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Mapping and improving the data economy for food systems

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Code: 12008 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-18 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

This action will enhance the sustainability performance and competitiveness in the domains covered by Cluster 6 through further deployment of digital and data technologies as key enablers. It will help to achieve better informed decision-making processes, social engagement, governance and innovation. It will help deliver solutions to advance the European Green Deal priorities, the EU’s Climate ambition for 2030 and 2050 and the farm to fork strategy for a fair healthy and environmentally friendly food system. In particular, it will contribute to improving the data economy for food systems.

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Common European Green Deal data space to provide more accessible and exploitable environmental observation data in support of the European Green Deal priority actions

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Code: 12005 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Successful proposals are expected to contribute towards unleashing the potential of, environmental, biodiversity and climate data through dedicated European data spaces.

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Tools to support the uptake and accessibility/exploitability of environmental observation information at European and global level

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Code: 12002 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

A successful proposal will enhance access and usability of environmental observation information and promote pre-operational European services through global infrastructures in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal, the European strategy for data and the European digital strategy, thus deploying and adding value to environmental observations and contributing to a strengthened Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).

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Preparing for pre-commercial procurement (PCP) for end-user services based on environmental observation in the area of climate change adaptation and mitigation

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Code: 11997 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals should lead to the establishment of a critical mass of public and/or private procurers in the area of climate change adaptation and mitigation, to overcome the fragmentation of demand for solutions and services and to lead to a more rapid market uptake of such solutions and their early deployment.

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User-oriented solutions building on environmental observation to monitor critical ecosystems and biodiversity loss and vulnerability in the European Union

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Code: 11992 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The projects are expected to further the harmonisation, mobilisation, and uptake of monitoring and environmental data to better characterise and understand the natural and anthropogenic pressures on biodiversity, the extent of the destruction of natural biological resources and its connection with ecosystem conditions within safe planetary boundaries. There is a need for knowledge of both better quantified and more precisely characterised changes in biodiversity and related ecosystem services (in coastal, marine, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems), and of ecosystem status and quantified impacts of the main direct drivers of changes (i.e. land and sea use changes, pollutions, climate change, invasive alien species and exploitation of natural resources) on European natural capital.

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Modelling land use and land management in the context of climate change

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Code: 11989 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Land use and management has a key role to play in Europe in terms of boosting carbon storage, producing biomass for the bioeconomy, reducing urban sprawl etc. To ensure the sustainable management of land resources in the long term there is a need for an integrated framework that addresses society’s objectives appropriately by understanding the trade-offs between uses and by incentivising actions / behaviours / investments contributing to desirable targets. There are substantial knowledge gaps regarding, the understanding of the impacts of farming / forestry practices at various scales, from local to global, and the capacity to model these impacts (economic and environmental). Work should include the analysis of land use dynamics and trends between arable land, permanent grassland, land abandonment / marginal lands, forest areas, for which quantifications and an identification of drivers and impacts should be done in an integrated manner.

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EU agriculture within a safe and just operating space and planetary boundaries

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Code: 11972 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Successful proposals will set out a credible pathway to contributing to innovative governance and sound decision making in policy for the transition of European agriculture required by the European Green Deal. In order to enable the transition to sustainable agriculture, it is crucial to establish the necessary policy framework and related monitoring and evaluation activities. This implies the development of appropriate tools for measurement and monitoring of socio-economic and biophysical data in order to model and project scenarios and derive the necessary targets, trajectories and relevant policy measures and the development of relevant analysis.

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Education on the bioeconomy including bio-based sectors for young people in primary and secondary education in Europe

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Code: 11969 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

This topic should focus on the bioeconomy in general but with a specific focus on circular bio-based sectors and their potential, to prepare citizens for a future that should assume a sustainable and circular lifestyle (in terms of consumption, recycling, etc.) and to inspire young people to pursue education in life science, technology and bioeconomy related areas.

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Raising awareness of circular and sustainable bioeconomy in support of Member States to develop bioeconomy strategies and/or action plans

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Code: 11967 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

This topic should support Member States to develop strategies and/or action plans by improving knowledge and raising awareness of a sustainable, circular bioeconomy, its challenges and opportunities as well as experiences made elsewhere. Moreover, it should help to bring together national stakeholders in deploying and fostering the bioeconomy related research and innovation developments by engaging local stakeholders into the participation in macro-regional and European thematic networks and into building the common European Research Area.

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Revitalisation of European local communities with innovative bio-based business models and social innovation

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Code: 11961 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The action advances the role and impact of bio-based innovation to accelerate the transition from a linear fossil-based economy, which leads to overuse and depletion of natural resources, into a resource-efficient and circular bio-based systems operating safely within planetary boundaries.

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Improving understanding of and engagement in bio-based systems with training and skills development

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Code: 11949 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

This action should support the implementation of sustainable bio-based value chains, in the regional settings, by developing guidelines and creating feedback loops to the respective policy makers.

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Regional governance models in the bioeconomy

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Code: 11943 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

This action should support the implementation of sustainable bio-based value chains, in regional settings (toolbox of instruments including strategies, plans and programmes, including the social dimension).

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Environmental and social cross-compliance of marine policies

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Code: 11937 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals should focus on implementation research on environmental and social cross-compliance of a broad range of marine and maritime policies to detect inconsistencies between different policies, legislation and regulations as barriers for the Green Deal and its strategies (EU biodiversity strategy for 2030, Climate Adaptation Strategy, the zero pollution ambition) in the marine domain.

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Fostering strategic advice and synergies between national and EU research and innovation agendas, including SCAR foresight

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Code: 11935 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The main focus of the successful proposal should be to support the work of the SCAR SWGs and CWGs (Collaborative Working Groups). This includes notably the organisation and facilitation of the activities, particularly meetings and workshops of SCAR SWGs, CWGs and potential ad hoc task forces, according to the initiatives taken by the Working Groups themselves.

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Strengthening bioeconomy innovation and deployment across sectors and all governance levels

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Code: 11881 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Innovation, the initiatives and structures that are part of it at EU, national, regional, and local level already contribute to the uptake and deployment of innovative solutions. However, more action is needed to: (1) address the fragmentation of this innovation ecosystem across food systems and bio based sectors, (2) to create linkages between the different levels of governance and (3) to improve the interfacing between the research communities, the innovation communities, investors and citizens. Actions that address these areas of improvement across the bioeconomy are to be preferred because their crosscutting nature and trans-disciplinarity might be a further source of innovation and system transformation, and because they enable sharing of best practices across sectors and actors.

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Preparatory action for the Horizon Europe Food System Partnership

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Code: 11876 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will support the establishment of innovative governance models, to establish the EU Horizon Europe Partnership entitled “Safe and sustainable food systems for people planet and climate, to underpin the needed transition to sustainable food systems, provide solutions to the farm to fork strategy by connecting national, regional and European research and innovation programmes and food systems actors, to deliver co-benefits for nutrition and health, climate and biodiversity, circularity and communities.

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Furthering food systems science and federating researchers across the European Research Area

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Code: 11872 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

This topic should support and strengthen the science, and the science-policy interface relevant to food systems, in particular in relation to delivering on farm to fork and Green Deal policy priorities.

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Mobilising the network of national contact points in Cluster 6

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Code: 11861 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals should aim to facilitate trans-national co-operation between national contact points in the areas covered by Horizon Europe Cluster 6 ‘Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment’, with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants, taking into account the diversity of actors that make up the constituency of this cluster. In addition, the action is expected to provide important feedback on issues relating to programme planning, design and evaluation. Close coordination and cooperation are key to achieve the objectives and impacts of the NCP networks.

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Deepening the functioning of innovation support

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Code: 11851 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-26 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will focus on how to discover innovative ideas and how to enable the relevant actors to work out these ideas in a co-creative way as from the very start of the making of the proposal. The expected outcome of this topic is to develop sound, coherent and well prepared innovation generation and support methods, which enable individual grassroots innovative ideas to come to fruition.

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Developing EU advisory networks on consumer-producer chains

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Code: 11849 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-27 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

This topic focuses on the important role, advisors can play to exploit the potential of connecting consumers with producers through short supply chains, an upcoming issue in the more sustainable and diversified agriculture of the future.

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Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI)’s circular systemic solutions

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Code: 11813 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The topic will support the transition towards a sustainable, regenerative, inclusive and just circular economy at local and regional scale across regions of Europe. Proposals will form part of the demonstration projects for the implementation of the European Commission’s Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI). In the context of this topic, a circular systemic solution is defined as a demonstration project for deploying a circular and climate-neutral economy at urban and/or regional scale, involving key stakeholders and, ideally, addressing more than one economic sector.

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EU-China international cooperation on integrated pest management in agriculture

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Code: 11810 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-19 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will help to promote a global transition to sustainable food systems. They will therefore help to ensure sustainability of agri-food systems, catering for the needs of a growing population and support the development and implementation of integrated pest management practices. They will strengthen international cooperation with actors from China in the areas of integrated pest management.

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One Health approach for Food Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture

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Code: 11806 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-18 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

There is a need to fill knowledge gap regarding interactions between human and animal and plant health and strengthen monitoring and evaluation systems to prevent the emergence and spread of pest and diseases with nature-based solutions. Proposals under this Call will provide a comprehensive and integrated response to current and future challenges benefiting people, nature and economic growth in Europe and in Africa.

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Increasing the transparency of EU food systems to boost health, sustainability and safety of products, processes and diets

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Code: 11802 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this project will support R&I which will upgrade transparency will provide multiple benefits relevant to improving food safety, fighting food fraud and addressing growing public concern in the EU as regards the climate, biodiversity and environmental impacts of food and diets in practice.

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Identification, assessment and management of existing and emerging food safety issues

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Code: 11793 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will support R&I on integrated approaches throughout the food system for detecting, assessing and mitigating relevant food safety risks. It will contribute to the transformation of food systems to deliver co-benefits for climate, environmental sustainability and circularity, dietary shift, sustainable healthy nutrition and safe food, food poverty reduction and empowerment of communities, and thriving businesses.

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Transition to healthy and sustainable dietary behaviour

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Code: 11790 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The main objective of this topic is to understand better, and measure, factors influencing dietary behaviour. It also seeks to support the development of innovative, effective tools and strategies to facilitate the transition towards healthy and sustainable dietary behaviour and self-management of dietary habits.

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Microbes for healthy and sustainable food and diets

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Code: 11788 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will support R&I to foster advances in research related to microorganisms for safer, healthier and more environmentally friendly food processing. This is along with contributing to the transformation of food systems to deliver co-benefits for climate, biodiversity, environmental sustainability and circularity, dietary shift, sustainable healthy nutrition and safe food, food poverty reduction and empowerment of communities, and thriving businesses.

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Evidence-based decision-making to change social norms towards zero food waste

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Code: 11769 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will support R&I to prevent and reduce food loss and waste, contributing to the transformation of food systems to deliver co-benefits for climate (mitigation and adaptation), biodiversity, environmental sustainability and circularity, dietary shift, sustainable healthy nutrition and safe food, food poverty reduction and the empowerment of communities.

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Filling knowledge gaps on the nutritional, safety, allergenicity and environmental assessment of alternative proteins and dietary shift

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Code: 11765 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will support R&I to promote the production, provision and safe consumption of alternative sources of protein, and dietary shifts towards sustainable healthy nutrition, contributing to the transformation of food systems to deliver co‑benefits for climate (mitigation and adaptation), biodiversity, environmental sustainability and circularity, sustainable healthy nutrition and safe food, food poverty reduction, empowerment of communities, and thriving businesses.

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Digital transition supporting inspection and control for sustainable fisheries

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Code: 11763 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) aims to ensure that fisheries are environmentally, economically and socially sustainable and provide a source of healthy food for EU citizens. Proposals under this project will support better fisheries management through data and technological development.

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Sea to fork transparency and consumer engagement

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Code: 11759 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will support consumer engagement to a more sustainable, environmentally friendly, inclusive, safe and healthy seafood consumption through innovative information strategies and tools.

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Towards an EU approach to assess and internalise positive and negative externalities of food for incentivising sustainable choices

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Code: 11755 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, should help to speed up the transition to sustainable, biodiversity-friendly, zero pollution, climate-neutral and resilient farming and food systems on land and at sea. They should do so by supporting the development and implementation of policies, business models and market conditions that better internalise the external costs and benefits of food, thereby make the most sustainable food the most available and affordable for consumers, while generating fair economic returns in the supply chain, in particular for primary producers and SMEs.

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Uncovering lock-ins and levers to encourage farmers to move to and stay in sustainable, climate-neutral and biodiversity-friendly farming systems: from experiments to systemic mechanisms

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Code: 11739 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals should support the development of policies, business models and market conditions that enable sustainable, productive and climate-smart agricultural systems. The farming systems should provide consumers with healthy and sustainable food affordable for all, improving public health, minimising pressure on ecosystems, enhancing biodiversity, and generating fair economic returns for farmers.

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Research & innovation roadmap for blockchain technologies in the agri-food sector

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Code: 11719 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will support increased traceability and transparency in food supply chains and support the implementation of sustainability schemes. They will contribute to the ambition of developing sustainable, productive and climate-neutral, biodiversity-friendly, and resilient farming systems providing consumers with affordable, safe, healthy and sustainable food, minimising pressure on ecosystems, improving public health and generating fair economic returns for farmers through the exploration and development potential of the use of blockchain in the agri-food sector.

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Vaccines and diagnostics for priority animal diseases

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Code: 11708 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will support research and innovation (R&I) to help policy makers and economic operators reduce the burden of infectious animal diseases, thus contributing to a sustainable livestock industry and public health (food safety, zoonoses, anti-microbial resistance).

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Animal welfare 2.0

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Code: 11703 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The aim of this call is to support research and innovation (R&I) to help policy makers and other actors (e.g. economic operators) monitor and improve animal welfare in intensive and extensive systems, thus contributing to sustainable agriculture.

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Tackling outbreaks of plant pests

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Code: 11689 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will support research and innovation (R&I) to help the agricultural / forestry sectors to remain productive and contribute to sustainable agriculture and/or forest health.

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European partnership rescuing biodiversity to safeguard life on Earth

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Code: 11685 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 22/07/2021

The European partnership on biodiversity ‘Rescuing biodiversity to safeguard life on Earth’ is one of the actions included in the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030. It should coordinate research programmes between EU and its Member States and associated countries and trigger combined action.

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Digitalisation as an enabler of agroecological farming systems

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Code: 11679 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

A successful proposal should support the farm to fork’s strategy objective of a transition to a fair, healthy and resilient European agriculture sector, in particular the goal of promoting agroecology, by improving understanding of the potential of digitalisation as an enabler of agroecology, a transformative, sustainable, healthy, resilient and inclusive approach to farming that can minimise farming pressure on ecosystems while generating fair economic returns for farmers.

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Developing sustainable and competitive land-based protein crop systems and value chains

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Code: 11672 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

A successful proposal should support the farm to fork’s strategy objective of a transition to a fair, healthy and resilient EU agriculture sector, in particular the goal of fostering EU-grown plant proteins. Activities should support the transition to sustainable, productive, climate-neutral and resilient farming systems that minimise pressure on ecosystems, while ensuring fair economic returns for farmers and food consumption that is sustainable in terms of both health and the environment.

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Reaching the farm to fork target: R&I scenarios for boosting organic farming and organic aquaculture in Europe

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Code: 11670 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

A successful proposal should support the farm to fork’s strategy objective of a transition to fair, healthy, climate-resilient and climate- and environment-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption, notably the target of at least 25% of the EU’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030 and a significant increase in organic aquaculture, by evaluating the conditions and proposing scenarios relating to knowledge and innovation for reaching this target.

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Impact and dependence of business on biodiversity

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Code: 11662 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-21 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The topic aims to support the development of policies, business decisions and knowledge generation, to tackle the indirect drivers of biodiversity loss, and accelerate biodiversity-relevant transformative changes in businesses and our society.

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Support to processes triggered by IPBES and IPCC

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Code: 11660 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-20 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals under this Call, will step up EU support to processes triggered by IPBES (Europe and Central Asia form one region for IPBES purposes) and IPCC (Climate Science and Responses) to achieve targeted impacts on biodiversity-relevant policies, and to integrate structured policy input into the research cycle. This action delivers targeted support to areas of specific interest for European research policy by using IPBES outputs. It also helps European researchers play their role in IPBES assessments, in particular those from southern, central and eastern European countries, and those from the Western Balkans, Central Asia, and from Africa, who remain underrepresented, due to a lack of capacity to participate in meetings, networking or science input at global level.

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A mechanism for science to inform implementation, monitoring, review and ratcheting up of the new EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 ('Science Service')

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Code: 11649 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-19 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Τhe aim of this topic is to give support for developing and implementing this EU biodiversity strategy for 2030and other EU policies by generating knowledge generation, guiding biodiversity governance and ecosystem monitoring, and implementing the EU Green Deal.

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Understanding the impacts of and the opportunities offered by digital transformation, new emerging technologies and social innovation on biodiversity

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Code: 11646 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-18 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Projects under this Call are expected to help identify a safe operating space, in which digitalisation and new emerging technologies generate no unsustainable rebound effects, but instead can be a vehicle for accelerating and amplifying the transition to a safe and just world for humankind whilst protecting, restoring and sustainably using biodiversity and ecosystem services.

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Policy mixes, governance (including financing) and decision-making tools for transformative action on biodiversity

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Code: 11642 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

This Call aims to develop policy mixes, governance (including financing) and decision-making tools to achieve the necessary ecological, climate, economic and social transition for biodiversity are not yet widely available.

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Biodiversity, water, food, energy, transport, climate and health nexus in the context of transformative change

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Code: 11626 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Proposals should work on transformation actions into policy making and governance (including financing) both under and above the scope of socio-economic and environmental agendas. Ιt is necessary for research and innovation together with the community outside academia (business, government organisations etc.) to demonstrate what transformative change could actually mean and achieve for biodiversity. Also, there is a need for practical guidance to policy makers and society on the impacts of the necessary structural, ecological, social and economic transformations.

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Quantify impacts of the trade in raw and processed biomass on ecosystems, for offering new leverage points for biodiversity conservation, along supply chains, to reduce leakage effects

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Code: 11622 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Α successful proposal will develop knowledge and tools to understand the role of transformative change for biodiversity policy making, address the indirect drivers of biodiversity loss, and initiate, accelerate and upscale biodiversity-relevant transformative changes in our society.

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Fostering organic crop breeding

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Code: 11600 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

A successful proposal should support the objectives of the EU biodiversity and farm to fork strategies to transition to fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption, notably the objective to increase organic farming. They should do so by increasing the availability of and access to suitable plant reproductive material for organic crops and by increasing the competitiveness of the organic crop breeding sector.

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Breeding for resilience: focus on root-based traits

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Code: 11596 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

In line with the objectives of the biodiversity and farm to fork strategies, a successful proposal will support the transition to more sustainable practices in agriculture by reducing the need for external inputs and supporting biodiversity in agroecosystems. With increasing effects of climate change and a shift towards low(er) input production systems, there is the need for crops that are capable of capturing resources more efficiently and are resilient to abiotic stresses.

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Improved science based maritime spatial planning and identification of marine protected areas

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Code: 11584 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Restored and properly protected coastal and marine ecosystems bring substantial health, social and economic benefits to coastal communities and the EU and Associated Countries as a whole. The need for stronger action is all the more acute as marine and coastal ecosystem biodiversity loss is severely exacerbated by global warming.

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What else is out there? Exploring the connection between biodiversity, ecosystems services, pandemics and epidemic risk

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Code: 11565 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

This call aims to recover biodiversity and ecosystems services whilst predicting and preventing future pandemics and epidemic outbreaks, especially in tropical areas and biodiversity hotspots, through collaboration between environmental (including climate), ecological, biomedical and social sciences.

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Demonstration of measures and management for coastal and marine ecosystems restoration and resilience in simplified socio-ecological systems.

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Code: 11519 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

This topic aims at speeding up the identification, the development and integration of ad hoc measures and holistic ecosystem-based management approaches at larger scale, considering as well the land-sea interactions, especially connected inland waters, that will restore coastal and marine ecosystems and enable the sustainable delivery of services and resilience to rapid climate and environmental changes.

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Assessing and consolidating recent scientific advances on freshwater ecosystem restoration.

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Code: 11514 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The objective of this topic is to determine how to implement the restoration of freshwater ecosystems and remove hydromorphological barriers to ensure sustainable environmental flows and to support achievement of good status in both surface and ground waters, long-term water resource management, biodiversity and climate resilience.

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Supporting the development of a coherent and resilient Trans-European Nature Network

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Code: 11503 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The successful proposal should set up a strategic plan to support national authorities in identifying and selecting the relevant priority areas for EU land protection and the set-up of ecological corridors. It should be built on the existing EU network of protected areas and based on the EU Guidance to Member States, referred in the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030.

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Ecosystems and their services for an evidence-based policy and decision-making

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Code: 11494 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Ensuring that ecosystems achieve or maintain a healthy state or a good condition aiming to secure the sustainability of human activities and human well-being.
The successful proposal should improve the assessment of the condition of ecosystems while providing uptake of the assessment’s outcomes in policy. It should develop the minimum criteria, reference levels and aggregation schemes to define good ecosystem condition. This definition should encompass forests, agroecosystems, urban areas, soil ecosystems, wetlands, fresh water and marine ecosystems. The proposal should addresses regional diversity and the corresponding decision level.

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Adjustment of Steel process production to prepare for the transition towards climate neutrality (Clean Steel Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 11489 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-22 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The proposals submitted under this topic are expected to provide concepts addressing the modifications of the existing installations of both primary and secondary steel production (BF/BOF, EAF, DRI) concerning the internal and external flows of energy and materials in order to re-use metallurgical gases (internal re-cycling) and to upgrade them with new sources (H2), e.g. by replacement of fossil carbon as reducing agent with hydrogen and biomass. This also includes the integrated preparation (reforming, separation, heating, compression) of external carbon-lean reducing gases or internally-recycled CO/CO2 streams for efficient injection in the BF or use in conventional plants.

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Design and optimisation of energy flexible industrial processes (Processes4Planet Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 11485 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-21 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Process flexibility and efficient energy storage are essential to account for the variable renewable energy production. To support the change of energy supply, current processes, designed to run continuously at maximum capacity, have to be adapted. Furthermore, digital tools need to be developed to attain the energy flexibility of the process, but also to exchange data with network operators and flexibility markets, which will enable industries to provide flexibility services. Powerful digital twins based on suitable combinations of analytical models, physics-based AI or pure AI solutions need to be designed and applied.

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Reducing environmental footprint, improving circularity in extractive and processing value chains (IA)

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Code: 11477 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-20 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This Call aims to enable the increase of access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

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Improvement of the yield of the iron and steel making (Clean Steel Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 11468 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-19 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

One of the main goals of this Call is to reduce the environmental impact by minimizing CO2 emission up to 20% both, directly (and locally) by internal recycling of the metal fraction derived from residues, or indirectly by increasing the use of scrap as raw material in steelmaking production processes. Also, is aiming to validate at industrial test scale technologies for impurity removal from scrap or the recovery of metal fractions contained in steel making process residues reaching high recycling rate of residues originated at the demo site up to 40% achieving a metal recovery efficiency up to 90% and a mineral recovery efficiency up to 80%.

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Carbon Direct Avoidance in steel: Electricity and hydrogen-based metallurgy (Clean Steel Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 11415 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-18 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This topic covers carbon direct avoidance technologies leading to significant CO₂ emission reduction in the steel sector.

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Plastic waste as a circular carbon feedstock for industry (Processes4Planet Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 11409 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The proposals submitted under this topic are expected to provide concepts for utilisation of unsorted plastic (and other) waste in cracking applications, including e.g. packaging, non-sorted polymers and single use items such as PPEs, for the production of material streams of wide industrial interest (e.g. hydrocarbons, olefins, syngas, hydrogen, etc.). The technologies proposed should be electrified to work efficiently in a renewable based energy system. They should also be able to cope with potential fluctuations in energy supply.

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Hubs for Circularity European Community of Practice (ECoP) platform (Processes4Planet Partnership) (CSA)

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Code: 11402 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Circularity is an essential part of the industry transformation towards climate-neutrality and long-term competitiveness. H4C have strong technological focus and industrial dimension, but their implementation leverages elements well beyond R&I. Specific implementation (including funding) strategies will have to be designed, ensuring the participation of all stakeholders (Industry, SMEs, local authorities, educational institutions and civil society). The common target is to collectively achieve and demonstrate at scale a leap towards circularity and carbon neutrality in the use of resources (feedstock, energy and water) in a profitable way.

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Deploying industrial-urban symbiosis solutions for the utilization of energy, water, industrial waste and by-products at regional scale (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 11397 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

In order to accelerate the transition to a circular economy, exemplary pilot solutions integrating industrial urban symbiosis need to be exploited. The solutions could cover the reduction of waste, virgin raw materials and energy and water consumption, mainly by transforming underused waste materials (both industrial waste, industrial side streams, by-products and end of life urban waste) into feedstock for the process industries (urban mining).

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Breakthrough technologies supporting technological sovereignty in construction (RIA)

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Code: 11395 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

There is a major need to ensure that construction activities in countries in Europe do not depend on breakthrough technologies the industry concerned needs to import from outside Europe to remain competitive. The use of technologies such as additive manufacturing, autonomous vehicles and human robot collaboration in a construction environment is crucial to increase the degree of digitalisation of the sector.
In addition, Member States are facing a shortage of skilled labour force in construction activities. Α higher degree of digitalisation would make the construction sector attractive for younger generations and construction sites a safer working environment.

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Automated tools for the valorisation of construction waste (RIA)

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Code: 11393 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Construction and demolition waste (CDW) is the largest waste stream in the EU. The aim of this call is to reusing and recycling CDW in new constructions, the sector would come closer to the targets of becoming fully circular and climate neutral. This could be achieved by utilising digital technologies for instance Building Information Modelling (BIM), material and component tracing, dedicated apps for construction/de-construction and optimize site management.

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Digital permits and compliance checks for buildings and infrastructure (IA)

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Code: 11390 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

There is a need to develop, connect and align new technologies and digital tools for construction, including improved and automated methods of designing, building and authorising construction works. Information generated or imported into digital models during early design phases can potentially streamline the application and granting of digital administrative permits. This will in turn facilitate informed decision making including compliance checks later in the design and construction process and throughout the life cycle of the built asset.

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Data-driven Distributed Industrial Environments (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 11387 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The aim of this call is to build a flexible industrial Internet for distributed control and modular manufacturing while keeping the high-level of reliability and safety required by the manufacturing sector. Computing, storage and networking technologies will have to show also flexibility along the industrial value chains and promote the introduction of new business models, based on the availability of deep industrial data from different data sources and ontologies, within an agreed data governance, with mutual trust and adequate distribution of the value created by sharing data.

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Nature-based solutions, prevention and reduction of risks and the insurance sector

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Code: 11383 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

This topic aims to support the development of policies, business models and market conditions to scale up and speed up the implementation of nature-based solutions (NBS). It will contribute to the wider deployment of NBS and to fully reaping their economic, social and environmental benefits in order to build a competitive sustainability in Europe and to tackle climate change.

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The economics of nature-based solutions: cost-benefit analysis, market development and funding

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Code: 11375 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The aim of this Call is to support the development of policies, business models and market conditions to scale up and speed up the implementation of nature-based solutions (NBS). Also, to contribute to the wider deployment of NBS and to fully reaping their economic, employment, social and environmental benefits in order to build a competitive sustainability in Europe and to tackle climate change, as well as to create green jobs and build resilience to climate change and natural disasters.

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Assess and predict integrated impacts of cumulative direct and indirect stressors on coastal and marine biodiversity, ecosystems and their services

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Code: 11363 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Pressures on marine and coastal biodiversity and ecosystems are increasing at a faster rate than the efforts to protect them. Τhe aim of this call is to facilitate and speed up the development of measures and holistic ecosystem-based management approaches that promote the sustainability of coastal and marine ecosystems and enable them to deliver services and be resilient to rapid climate and environmental changes.

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European Partnership on Innovative SMEs

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Code: 11317 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2021-INNOVSMES-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 01/09/2021

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.

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Preparatory action for setting up joint programmes among innovation ecosystems actors

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Code: 11304 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2021-CONNECT-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 06/07/2021 | End submission calls: 26/10/2021

The topic will allow national, regional and/or local authorities from Member States, Associated Countries and/or EU regions in charge of innovation policies and programmes, in cooperation with private and research and innovation actors, to prepare joint multi-annual programmes of activities (action plans) with the aim of strengthening their efficiency, capacities and interconnection and jointly tackle challenges at EU, national, regional and local level.
The topic will allow applicants to prepare and agree on a common programme of activities (action plans).

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Understanding and valuing coastal and marine biodiversity and ecosystems services

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Code: 11290 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

It is important to improve the knowledge, understand and model marine biodiversity as soon as possible.

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Data and technologies for the inventory, fast identification and monitoring of endangered wildlife and other species groups

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Code: 11282 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The EU biodiversity strategy contains concrete objectives to protect and restore biodiversity and to address the main pressures and threats to biodiversity. In order to achieve these objectives, basic research is needed to better understand, monitor, observe and manage biodiversity, including in protected areas. Such knowledge is also indispensable to support the protection and restoration of natural capital and ecosystems.

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European participation in global biodiversity genomics endeavours aimed at identifying all biodiversity on Earth

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Code: 11280 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) consortium has set up high-throughput barcoding infrastructure to barcode all biodiversity on Earth by 2045 with the help of the international community and several new infrastructures across the world. Similarly, the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), aims to sequence and catalogue the genomes of all of Earth’s currently described eukaryotic species over a period of 10 years.
Successful proposals will help to create and maintain European nodes and networks integrated into global biodiversity genomics initiatives and help to better understand biodiversity decline, its main direct drivers and their interrelations.

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Thematic networks to compile and share knowledge ready for practice

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Code: 11096 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-28 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

Successful proposal will focus on knowledge sharing in a language that is easy to understand and is targeted to farmers and foresters. Achieve greater user acceptance of collected solutions and a more intensive dissemination of existing knowledge, by connecting actors, policies, projects and instruments to speed up innovation and promote the faster and wider co-creation and transposition of innovative solutions into practice.

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Coordination of complementary actions for missions

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Code: 11089 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-COOR-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

The mission concept aims to deliver societal impact. This action aims to foster cooperation and coordination between EU-level actions and complementary national, regional and local actions in support of the implementation of missions. This action should also leverage opportunities raised by the digital transition. It should enhance the missions’ potential for rapid testing, piloting, demonstrating, scaling up and de-risking of large place-based R&I projects/initiatives, after the conclusions of their preparatory phase.

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Artificial Intelligence for sustainable, agile manufacturing (AI, Data and Robotics - Made in Europe Partnerships) (IA)

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Code: 11083 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This topic focuses on manufacturing and process industries, addressing the entire lifecycle of products and services from design to remanufacturing and including all the aspects primarily relevant for industrial production. The objective is to exploit the potential of AI as a transformation tool to support circular production in the entire manufacturing and process industry, with due consideration for standardisation activities when relevant.

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Manufacturing technologies for bio-based materials (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 11081 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The 2020 Circular Economy Action Plan aims at making sustainable products the norm in the EU. Twenty-first century manufacturing requires new materials and new techniques to produce them. Rapid progress in manufacturing technologies using new and alternative materials, such as biomaterials, is one of the drivers of this trend.
These technologies provide a valid alternative to conventional materials with a substantially lower environmental impact.

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Laser-based technologies for green manufacturing (Photonics - Made in Europe Partnerships) (RIA)

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Code: 11070 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Machine tools include various laser-based technologies such as milling, turning, grinding, laser processing, surface treatment, sintering, forming and additive manufacturing. Projects funded under this topic should integrate state-of-the-art high-power lasers and tailored beams together with quality sensors and real time monitoring systems into advanced manufacturing and re-manufacturing tools.

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Zero-defect manufacturing towards zero-waste (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 11044 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The projects must address the full production line or system, with an holistic approach, with the aim of reducing defects (e.g. rejected components or products) and manufacturing waste. The defect reduction and the overall quality control should be centred on such defects that reduce the yield, acceptance, or qualification of the final product, and enable a “first-time-right” production process.

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AI enhanced robotics systems for smart manufacturing (AI, Data and Robotics - Made in Europe Partnerships) (IA)

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Code: 11042 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

EU and Associated countries need to strengthen their capacity to manufacture and re-manufacture goods in a sustainable and competitive way to be ready to expand into new value chains.
Projects should seize the opportunities arising from the latest state-of the art-developments in AI and robotics to deploy intelligent and autonomous systems for flexible production.

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Promoting a trusted mHealth label in Europe: uptake of technical specifications for quality and reliability of health and wellness apps

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Code: 11038 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-IND-07-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

Europe is experiencing a fast growing market for health and wellness apps. At the same time, concerns about the quality and reliability of apps have risen. The objective of the technical specification is to define quality and reliability criteria, which support app developers to design and users of apps to select better apps.

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Development, procurement and responsible management of new antimicrobials

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Code: 11036 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-IND-07-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

The aim of this topic is to prepare for the establishment of a pull incentive for new antimicrobials where there is an unmet public health need and a market failure.

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Green pharmaceuticals

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Code: 11032 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-IND-07-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

The EU needs to address the increasing problem of environmental pollution due to pharmaceuticals throughout their life cycle. This topic is part of an EU strategic approach to pharmaceuticals in the environment and the Pharmaceutical strategy for Europe called for diversifying and secure supply chains and environmentally sustainable pharmaceuticals.
The purpose of this topic is twofold.

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Innovative tools for use and re-use of health data (in particular of electronic health records and/or patient registries)

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Code: 11025 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-TOOL-06-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

Health data exists in many forms and multiple fragmented repositories; there is still significant room for improvement in the way both structured and unstructured health data is stored, analysed and interpreted. Sharing and analysing data from multiple countries in a safe and legally compliant manner (in particular with regard to personal data protection) remains a challenge. Advances in AI and machine learning, however, have the potential to transform the way clinicians, providers and researchers use unstructured data.

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Next generation advanced therapies to treat highly prevalent and high burden diseases with unmet medical needs

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Code: 11020 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-TOOL-06-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

The recent development of advanced therapies has been hampered by the lack of robust research on certain key parameters e.g. safety, upscaling, immunity, potency assays, cost-effectiveness, and early on in development. This topic aims to ensure that the next wave of advanced therapies, based on either pluripotent stem cells, gene editing or RNA, are established in a timely fashion and in accordance with the appropriate regulatory standards for further clinical testing.

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Smart medical devices and their surgical implantation for use in resource-constrained settings

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Code: 11016 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-TOOL-06-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

Smart” technologies, i.e. micro-electronic sensor/actuator systems provide novel functionalities to surgically-implanted active medical devices. There is a strong need for high-quality, affordable surgical interventions for implanting “smart” active medical devices suitable for resource-limited or -constrained clinical settings.

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Health care innovation procurement network

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Code: 11004 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-CARE-05-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

This call aims to support the creation of a network of public and private procurers that are responsible for deploying health care innovations across the EU, in order to identify potential areas of interest for innovation procurement.

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Data-driven decision-support tools for better health care delivery and policy-making with a focus on cancer

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Code: 11000 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-CARE-05-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

This call topic will contribute to Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan activities and other relevant initiatives such as the European Cancer Information System. For this reason, proposals must focus on one or more phases of the cycle of the disease, starting from prevention and early diagnosis to treatment and quality of life of patients and survivors. In this topic, research and innovation actions should aim at optimising and/or transforming health care delivery decision-making processes, supporting policy-making, and/or empowering citizens and cancer patients.

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Enhancing quality of care and patient safety

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Code: 10998 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-CARE-05-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

Patient safety remains an issue of increasing concern for EU health systems. Overall, the most common types of in-hospital adverse effects are operative/surgical related, medication or drug related, and health care associated infections, half of them being preventable. Ιt is necessary to develop and implement coherent quality improvement and patient safety strategies in Europe. Harmonisation and standardisation of health care processes along the continuum of care contribute to improve quality and safety of health services, minimise the risk of errors and at the same time ensure the quality and comparability of health data.

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Building a European partnership for pandemic preparedness

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Code: 10996 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-DISEASE-04-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated how unilateral research initiatives may lead to a fragmented research landscape, with substantial room for efficiency gains in the development of the highly needed evidence to guide policy actions when facing an emergency. The expected future European partnership for pandemic preparedness should aim to improve the EU’s preparedness to predict and respond to emerging infectious health threats by better coordinating funding for research and innovation at EU, national (and regional) level towards common objectives and an agreed Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda.

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A roadmap towards the creation of the European partnership on One Health antimicrobial resistance (OH AMR)

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Code: 10975 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-DISEASE-04-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

The increasing levels of AMR present a major threat to human health with serious consequences also to animal and environmental health. Tackling AMR in bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites requires a strong and coordinated response to protect citizens in Europe and beyond, as indicated in the European One Health Action Plan against AMR. This action plan provides the framework within which actions should be taken against this threat. It is recognised that combatting AMR requires a One Health approach, recognizing that human and animal health and the environment are interconnected. The challenge in the current situation is that the AMR research and innovation landscape is still too fragmented addressing human health, animal health, feed, food safety and environment in silos, and it is also fragmented across Member States. Therefore, there is the need to move towards the integration of the various disciplines to overcome this fragmentation, thus tackling the problem of AMR with a comprehensive One Health approach bringing the diverse actors together.

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Personalised medicine and infectious diseases: understanding the individual host response to viruses (e.g. SARS-CoV-2)

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Code: 10957 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-DISEASE-04-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

Proposals are expected to characterize the host response and host-pathogen interaction to a virus (or viruses) at the level of genetic patterns, physiological mechanisms and molecular pathways involving different organs and systems to identify factors that predispose to different clinical symptoms, different progression of the viral disease and different clinical outcomes. The study should include patient follow-up to identify conditions (including long-term ones) that may appear after the patient has recovered from the viral disease.

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Clinical validation of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for treatment and care

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Code: 10955 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-DISEASE-04-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

Applying trustworthy-AI in healthcare contexts generate a multitude of benefits, including more effective disease management by optimised personalised treatments and assessment of health outcomes. Based on existing (pre)clinical evidence, proposals should focus on implementing clinical studies to validate AI-based solutions comparing their benefits versus standard-of-care treatments in non-communicable diseases. Proposals should pay special attention to the usability, performance and safety of the AI-based solutions developed, and above all to their clinical evaluation and (cost-)effectiveness in view of their inclusion into current clinical guidelines for personalised treatments following current EU regulatory framework.

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Innovative approaches to enhance poverty-related diseases research in sub-Saharan Africa

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Code: 10953 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-DISEASE-04-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) has established itself as the focal point of cooperation in clinical research on infectious disease between the EU and sub-Saharan Africa. Τhere is a need to further support research on the major infectious disease threats facing sub-Saharan Africa. Despite large-scale investments in product development for poverty-related infectious diseases (PRDs), progress in achieving public health gain is slow, while sub-Saharan Africa bears the highest burden of these diseases. There is a need to support product development and to encourage the use of new, innovative approaches and emerging technologies in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve rapid progress and impact.

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Building a European innovation platform for the repurposing of medicinal products

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Code: 10950 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-DISEASE-04-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

Development of therapeutics is a lengthy process that requires a large amount of efforts, time and financial resources. It is often burdened by delays and barriers that account for an average of almost 15 years until a promising candidate molecule becomes an approved medicine. It is therefore of paramount importance to define strategies that facilitate the reduction of timeframes, decrease costs and improve the success rate of this complex and lengthy process.

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Improved supportive, palliative, survivorship and end-of-life care of cancer patients

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Code: 10948 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-DISEASE-04-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

The complexity of health conditions related to cancer and late or long-term side effects as consequences of its treatments affect the quality of life of cancer patients and their families and pose a significant societal and economic burden. Τhere is a need to strengthen the evidence base for patient-centred, effective interventions improving the quality of life and outcomes of cancer patients and cancer survivors of all ages in the domains of supportive, palliative, survivorship and end-of-life care.

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European partnership for the assessment of risks from chemicals (PARC)

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Code: 10940 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-ENVHLTH-03-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

Chemicals risk assessors and managers are faced with data and knowledge gaps and lack of tools and methods, to speed up and prioritise risk assessments and capture risks from existing and emerging substances across regulatory domains. To enable risk assessors and risk managers to respond to current and future challenges, the Partnership should stimulate research and innovation in chemicals risk assessment by developing a collaborative network with public research entities.

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Support for R&I policy making in the Western Balkans

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Code: 10917 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-06-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2021 | End submission calls: 29/09/2021

This action aligns with ERA and Widening objectives in that it aims to strengthen links with EU partners and opens up to EU networks.

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Health impacts of climate change, costs and benefits of action and inaction

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Code: 10910 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-ENVHLTH-02-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

The aim of this topic is the identification, monitoring and quantification of direct and indirect impacts on human health, including in occupational settings, and related risk factors correlated to climate change, especially in vulnerable population groups such as children or in groups at risk such as workers. Innovative surveillance tools are further required to ensure a timely response to emerging threats, to feed and strengthen early warning systems, and to enable the design, monitoring and evaluation of interventions. This may include mathematical modelling with big data and artificial intelligence (AI), remote sensing, citizen science and biomarkers of exposure or virulence.

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Indoor air quality and health

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Code: 10906 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-ENVHLTH-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

Air quality is primarily monitored in outdoor locations, often for regulatory targets compliance purposes. Ιmproving outdoor air quality leads to general improvements of indoor air quality as well, certain sources of air pollution not covered by ambient air quality standards can dominate in some indoor environments. In addition to identifying determinants for indoor air quality, it is important to assess their health impacts in the levels reached indoors to facilitate setting of purposeful indoor air quality standards. This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination 2 ‘Living and working in a health-promoting environment’.

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Exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) and health

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Code: 10904 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-ENVHLTH-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

There has been an exponential increase in the use of wireless personal communication devices (new generation radio-communication networks, e.g. 5G) and this has resulted in an increase in man-made electromagnetic radiation in our surroundings. Due to this, the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection prepared guidelines for limiting exposure to electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields. Nevertheless, there is some concern over the possible impact on health and safety from potentially higher exposure to EMF.
While digitalisation presents new opportunities, e.g. distance monitoring of air and water pollution and health outcomes, it also presents potential health risks. Europe needs a digital sector that puts sustainability at its heart: when deploying new technologies, the potential risks related to human health should also be assessed.

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Mobilising a network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for the Health Cluster

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Code: 10895 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-STAYHLTH-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

Proposals should aim to facilitate trans-national co-operation between National Contact Points (NCPs) with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants.

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A roadmap for personalised prevention

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Code: 10893 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-STAYHLTH-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

The progress in medicine over the past decades has been impressive. Additionally, personalised prevention, holds many promises and would allow a paradigm shift in the provision and management of health care if efforts are co-ordinated and concentrated at the European and global levels. However, more could be achieved while identifying individuals at higher risk of developing a particular condition early on and before symptoms occur. Specifically, more insight is needed on the underlying human biology, taking stock of the rich data accumulated from the biomedical sciences.

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Healthy Citizens 2.0 - Supporting digital empowerment and health literacy of citizens

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Code: 10884 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-STAYHLTH-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating the value of digital health interventions and solutions for health promotion, disease prevention and treatment. However, in parallel, it is vital to ensure that online-based patient-centred programmes do not leave behind the very people they are primarily designed to empower. Moreover, citizen’s digital health literacy is essential for the successful transformation of health care systems.

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Towards a molecular and neurobiological understanding of mental health and mental illness for the benefit of citizens and patients

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Code: 10882 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-STAYHLTH-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/09/2021

Mental illnesses represent a huge and growing burden for Europe, both at individual and societal level. There is a lack of evidence base on the optimal use of different pharmacological and non-pharmacological prevention strategies. A deeper molecular and neurobiological understanding of the interplay between genetic, epigenetic and environmental risk and resilience factors, including neural circuit alterations, is critical for the development of objective biomarkers and evidence-based interventions that will significantly improve mental health outcomes.

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Upgrading Independent Knowledge on Contemporary China in Europe

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Code: 10858 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

Projects are expected to address the following:
- Further deepen European independent knowledge/understanding of China’s social, cultural, political, and economic characteristics, of the impact of its foreign policy, and of its compliance with international obligations/laws/norms.
- Analyse new global narratives and study how these compare and interact with European interests and values, while acknowledging and reflecting Europe’s diversity.
- Enhance the visibility of our independent expertise and mainstream knowledge on China to increase its appeal in learning/research institutions among students.
- Stimulate and support the creation of independent knowledge on contemporary China to increase the level of “knowledge autonomy/independence” through the creation of new connections and synergies between intra-European China knowledge nodes from across all relevant organizations and joint research projects.
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Towards a new normal? Employment and social impacts of changing supply chains and declining trade intensities

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Code: 10852 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

Globalization has expanded the value and supply chains and shifted trade patterns and dynamics. Research should first conceptualise the actual global and sectoral trade patterns, value chains, supply chains and production networks including the labour market, income inequalities, decent work and social cohesion in urban and rural areas, in light of the EU’s long-term policy priorities of social resilience and competitive sustainability.

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Integration of emerging new technologies into education and training

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Code: 10849 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

Proposals should support the purposeful and pedagogical use of emerging technologies, including applications of artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and robotics in education and training, in order to foster 21^st century skills such as communication, collaboration, digital literacy, critical as well as design thinking and creativity.

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Addressing poor learning outcomes in basic skills and early school leaving at national, regional and local level in Europe

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Code: 10841 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

Proposals under this Call should concentrate on the institutional, socio-economic, cognitive, cultural, linguistic gender, psycho-emotional and well-being determinants, as well as the root causes of underachievement and school dropout at primary, secondary and post-secondary levels of education.

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Determining key drivers of inequality trends

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Code: 10827 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

In the light of increasing economic and social inequalities and regional disparities in terms of both economic and other outcomes and opportunities, research should analyse the main reasons for the increasing inequalities reported in the last decades worldwide and, thereby, identify whether this is primarily policy driven and/or the result of different factors related to globalisation and technological innovations. More specifically, research should examine whether inequality dynamics are determined by different trends.

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Providing support in a changing world of work and social protection

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Code: 10809 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

Innovative research is needed to explore and provide new insights into the impact of change on reducing socio-economic inequality, the consequences of growing poverty, protecting people from all forms of hardship, and the self-employed as needed to move towards more stable employment relationships in the European labor market and related welfare systems, in order to ensure that welfare systems are adapted accordingly and continue to fulfill the above roles.

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Estimates of irregular migrants in Europe - stakeholder network

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Code: 10802 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

Irregular migrants are, by definition, difficult to capture in population statistics, and so it remains unknown how many irregular migrants are in the EU and in the various EU Member States today. This is a challenge, for the policymakers as they have limited capacity to develop policies targeted to a group of people that is ill-defined. This is even more challenging in situations such as the Covid-19 pandemic.
Proposals should comparatively assess legal frameworks across the EU that determine the irregular status of migrants, and comprehensively assess their impact.

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Coordination of European cultural heritage research and innovation among Member States

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Code: 10795 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-02-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

The European Union has provided funding through co-financing programs to coordinate national research and innovation activities on cultural heritage, the arts and to increase their impact, which should be assessed in order to agree further coordination and partnerships with Member States. and associated countries.
Proposals under this topic are expected to realise a mapping of national activities pertaining to cultural heritage, provenance research, architecture, as well as programmes and European ERA-Net Co-funding schemes on cultural heritage R&I.

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Mobilising the network of National Contact Points in Cluster 2

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Code: 10793 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

Proposals should aim to facilitate trans-national co-operation between National Contact Points (NCPs) in the areas covered by Horizon Europe Cluster 2 ‘Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society’, with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants. In addition, the action will provide important feedback on issues relating to programme planning, design and evaluation.

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Preserving and enhancing cultural heritage with advanced digital technologies

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Code: 10789 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

Digital technologies, from 3D simulation to artificial intelligence and virtual/augmented reality, are being used to ensure preservation and wide access to cultural heritage and the arts. Τhere is a need to expand and further support the application of digital tools to preserve cultural heritage and to make it widely accessible. The relation between cultural heritage and its digitised format through the experience of audiences is of particular interest.

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Cultural and creative industries as a driver of innovation and competitiveness

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Code: 10787 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

The cultural and creative industries (CCI) are an important source of growth and job creation in the European economy. The growth of this sector has raised interest at policy level for its innovation potential and for contributing to improved competitiveness. The challenge is to understand how to realise the full potential of CCIs as a driver for innovation, create stronger links with other sectors and contribute to strengthening the European economy, society and its sustainability.

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New ways of participatory management and sustainable financing of museums and other cultural institutions

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Code: 10785 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

Museums and other cultural institutions (such as libraries, galleries, archives, memorial sites, etc.) play a key-role in social inclusion and cohesion. Nowadays, museums and other cultural institutions are facing several challenges such as scarce funding, new legal obligations with regard to their collections insufficient numbers of visitors or, to the other extreme, massive tourist crowds, which necessitate new and expensive conservation means and security tools. All these challenges are threatening the existence and efficient work of museums and other cultural institutions. Therefore, there is a pressing need to ensure methods of sustainable financing in order to help museums and other cultural institutions recover quickly, continue operate in a safe and viable way and widen as much as possible access to citizens.

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Green technologies and materials for cultural heritage

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Code: 10783 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

Materials and methods for the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage can often be energy consuming, not environmentally friendly or even harmful for the health of operators and curators. Moreover, many of these materials and methods prove to be neither durable nor sustainable, often leading to repetitive and costly restoration of artefacts, monuments and heritage sites. Research has already addressed this challenge to a certain extent; yet, the wide range of materials, types of buildings and monuments, and the specific needs of artefacts call for further investigation and tailored solutions.

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Politics and governance in a post-pandemic world

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Code: 10780 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

The COVID-19 crisis affects societies in multifaceted ways. Specifically, affects the public health threat, the economic dislocations, social disruptions and information disorder that test political processes and institutions. In addition, the crisis also opens opportunities for positive change and innovative new solutions that research actions will help to identify and grasp. In this vein, research should examine the impact of the pandemic on populist and extremist discourses and proposals, and assess whether it has bolstered polarisation and the appeal of authoritarianism or whether, on the contrary, it has provided impetus and momentum for an effective uphold of democratic accountability and judicial control.
Moreover, a stocktaking exercise should allow identifying whether the political trend emerging from the crisis is a demand for greater and improved collaboration and concerted action amongst EU Member States and Associated Countries or, on the contrary, an overall “renationalisation” of the EU and international spheres.

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Democratic politics in the EU’s neighbourhood

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Code: 10772 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

Despite the hopes raised by the ‘colour revolutions’ in Eastern Europe in the 2000s and the Arab Spring in 2011 as boosters of democratisation in the European neighbourhood, a more troubling reality persists: some democratic advances coexist with the continued persistence of authoritarian rule in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North African countries. Research should assess the EU’s actual role in promoting democracy.

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Feminisms for a new age of democracy

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Code: 10768 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

Gender equality is a fundamental value of the European Union and lies at the core of European democracy. At the same time, however, there has been a societal and political backlash against feminism centred around traditionalist, masculinist and authoritarian discourses. Research is needed on the theory and practice of feminism(s), in the face of a changed and changing reality in the EU and beyond, including in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fostering balanced brain circulation – ERA Fellowships

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Code: 10764 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-02-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2021 | End submission calls: 12/10/2021

Fellowships should be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking cross-border mobility either to or between EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries.

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Capacity building to strengthen networks of higher education institutions and cooperation with surrounding ecosystems

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Code: 10761 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-05-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2021 | End submission calls: 04/11/2021

Through the European Excellence Initiative, Horizon Europe’s support aims at the transformation of higher education sector and their surrounding ecosystems, including non-university research centres.

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Collaborative local governance models to accelerate the emblematic transformation of urban environment and contribute to the New European Bauhaus initiative and the objectives of the European Green Deal

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Code: 10756 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CIT-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

In order to contribute to the European Green Deal objectives of climate-neutrality, sustainability, prosperity and inclusiveness, cities will have to undergo a rapid and radical transformation and come up with creative, sustainable and collaborative solutions. A well co-designed public space provides the unique opportunity to improve its climate-neutrality, while increasing their attractiveness and social inclusiveness. As promoted by the New European Bauhaus initiative, a systemic co-designed approach to ‘quality climate-neutral urban transformation’ can create living space, where the best technical performances meet citizens’ social, emotional, cultural and aesthetic needs and values.

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Supporting national, regional and local authorities across Europe to prepare for the transition towards climate neutrality within cities

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Code: 10754 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CIT-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

Specific national networks for these cities will support translating and tailoring the goals of the European Green Deal Strategy and all relevant initiatives launched within this framework to the local specificities in close collaboration with national and local authorities, stakeholders and citizens.

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Preparing the ground for healthy soils: building capacities for engagement, outreach and knowledge

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Code: 10747 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 20/10/2021

The intended mission’s goal, as specified in the mission report is to ensure that by 2030 at least 75% of soils in each EU Member State are healthy, or show a significant improvement towards meeting accepted thresholds of indicators, to support ecosystem services.

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Coordination of complementary actions for missions

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Code: 10745 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-COOR-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

This action aims to foster cooperation and coordination between EU-level actions and complementary national, regional and local actions in support of the implementation of missions.

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Preparing UNCAN.eu, a European initiative to understand cancer

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Code: 10743 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-UNCAN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 20/10/2021

The intended goal of the mission on cancer is to save more than three million lives by 2030, with cancer patients living longer and better.

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Better prepared regional and local authorities to adapt to climate change

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Code: 10725 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-CLIMA-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

Proposals for the call under the Adaptation to Climate Change mission should set out credible pathways to prepare regional and local authorities, citizens and other stakeholders to build resilience to climate change.

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Preparation for deployment of lighthouse demonstrators and solution scale ups and cross-cutting citizen and stakeholder involvement

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Code: 10702 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

The present call aims to prepare the implementation of Mission Ocean, Seas and Waters, with a particular focus on providing support for effective and timely deployment of the mission research and innovation core and for crosscutting citizen and stakeholder involvement during the identification, design and implementation of the mission.

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Energy Harvesting and Storage Technologies

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Code: 10697 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-TRANSITIONCHALLENGES-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/05/2021 | End submission calls: 22/09/2021

This is an EIC Transition Challenge call and it aims to have an impact on sustainability, using non critical and non-toxic raw materials and ensuring circular approaches and/or high degree of recyclability in the whole lifetime, and on financial and business level, preparing a detailed plan to exploitation supported by a sound business model and identifying any regulatory hurdles that need to be addressed.

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Medical Technology and Devices: from Lab to Patient

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Code: 10692 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-TRANSITIONCHALLENGES-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/05/2021 | End submission calls: 22/09/2021

This is an EIC Τransition Challenge call and it aiming to benefit patients and support clinicians.

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EIC Transition Open 2021

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Code: 10688 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-TRANSITIONOPEN-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/05/2021 | End submission calls: 22/09/2021

The EIC Transition Open aims at funding innovation activities that go beyond the experimental proof of principle in laboratory. It is twofold, supporting both the maturation and validation of a novel technology, and the development of a business case and business model towards the innovation’s future commercialisation.

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Economic models and modern democracies

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Code: 10680 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

Theoretically and empirically robust recommendations aiming to instil greater democratic accountability and inclusion in economic processes.

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The future of liberal democracy in Europe

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Code: 10677 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

Proposals under this Call are expected to address the following points:
- Produce theoretically and empirically robust visions for the future of liberal democratic
  institutions.
- Reflect upon and actualise what liberal democracy means in the 21st century in Europe.
- Develop recommendations, toolkits, narratives and methodologies to reinstate the legitimacy and effectiveness of liberal democracies.
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Safe automation and human factors in aviation – intelligent integration and assistance

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Code: 10668 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Activities should address a renewed safety focus on the teaming between the human and automation, given the steady increase in automation in aviation operations at large (e.g. in cockpit, ATC, maintenance, etc.), including for new airborne services and vehicles such as drones. When automation is unable to cope, control should be handed back safely to the human.

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Radical improvement of road safety in low and medium income countries in Africa

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Code: 10664 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

African road traffic death rates are the highest globally and more than four times higher than the European average. Building upon the work and activities already undertaken at EU level in this area, including the Safer Africa project and in line with the recommendations of the Road Safety Cluster of the African-EU Transport Task Force adopted in 2020, R&I is needed to create a strong analytical base and to develop and assess, with local partners, the implementation of small scale system pilots and its various components, at city, regional, national and continent level. Actions should contain the sharing of knowledge and best practice, data analysis, infrastructure for effectively reducing road deaths in Africa.

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Testing safe lightweight vehicles and improved safe human-technology interaction in the future traffic system

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Code: 10659 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Actions should address the activities EITHER under area

A) Testing safe lightweight vehicles OR under area

B) Safe human-technology interaction in the future traffic system. Proposals should clearly indicate which area they are covering.

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New delivery methods and business/operating models to green the last mile and optimise road transport

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Code: 10656 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

The large scale introduction and application of cargo bikes, in urban and peri-urban areas has shown to be a game changer for cities: the image of cycling improves; general levels of cycling increase (both for freight and passengers); urban space is used more efficiently; air quality, noise and safety levels as well as quality of life improve. However, this innovative solution is present in only a few cities and at best in the starting phase in other European cities. Its full potential has not been achieved in any European city. Projects should address both methodological and technical/vehicle aspects to help optimising last mile deliveries, where the benefits and how it can be replicated across several cities.

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Analysis of socio-economic and environmental impacts and assessment of societal, citizen and user aspects for needs based CCAM solutions (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 10649 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Actions must address the activities either under area

A) Analysis of socio-economic and environmental impacts of CCAM systems and services OR under area

B) Assessment of societal, citizen and user aspects for needs-based CCAM solution development and deployment.

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Common approaches for the safety validation of CCAM systems (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 10646 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

A decisive factor for the successful implementation of innovative CCAM technologies and for their acceptance and adoption in society will be assuring the effective safety of CCAM systems.

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Industrial excess (waste) Heat-to-Power conversion based on organic Rankine cycles

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Code: 10644 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D4-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Better use of process excess/waste heat represents a significant source of energy savings for industries. The conversion of excess heat back to electricity would also improve energy efficiency, mitigate the increase of electricity consumption due to industrial electrification and thereby reduce the load on the power grids. This will also facilitate balancing the grid due to intermittent supply of electricity from renewables and so contribute to reduce GHG emissions.

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Industrialisation of deep renovation workflows for energy-efficient buildings

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Code: 10641 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D4-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Several recent projects & calls have focused on prefabrication for deep renovation, but more work is needed to innovate seamless workflows from design through to offsite manufacture, installation, and compliance checking on site, also ensuring due consideration of life cycle performance. There is also a need for more demonstrations across the EU.

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Interoperability community

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Code: 10639 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Facilitate the coordination and alignment of projects and support interaction between the various related initiatives happening at European and National level.

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Strengthening Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research communities in climate, energy and mobility disciplines

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Code: 10637 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Confronting the threat of global warming and transitioning to carbon neutrality by mid-century requires research and innovation in a number of distinct but interconnected areas, notably in climate science, energy, and mobility. Along with technological innovations, successful solutions need to factor in changing lifestyles, social innovation, forms of behaviour, value structures, governance arrangements at institutional or corporate levels, as well as forms of social organisation. This calls for concerted, multi-disciplinary approaches that are rooted in a variety of academic disciplines but also draw in and engage policymakers at various levels, the private sector, civil society and citizens at large.

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Sustainable, safe and efficient recycling processes (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 10633 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

In order to effectively exploit the vast amounts of EV and stationary battery waste emerging in the next decades, as well as the increasing amounts of production scrap resulting from larger manufacturing, it is important to create innovative feasible and holistic recycling processes in Europe.

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Manufacturing technology development for solid-state batteries (SSB, Generations 4a - 4b batteries) (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 10631 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

This topic focuses on the urgent need for the development of innovative scalable manufacturing technologies based on of new solid electrolytes that can be also combined with metallic lithium at the anode, leading to significantly enhanced energy density.

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Sustainable processing, refining and recycling of raw materials (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 10626 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

In order to secure a competitive battery industry in Europe, innovations in chemical and metallurgical production are required. The focus is at improved yield, better process control, flowsheet flexibility, improved product purity and quality, improved impurity removal, and improved recovery from secondary streams.

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The contribution of forest management to climate action: pathways, trade-offs and co-benefits

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Code: 10602 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

Proposals under this topic should therefore aim to develop knowledge, tools, models, databases and country- and region-specific values available to Member States and Associated Countries, where possible integrating with Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) and climate models to improve monitoring and reporting of forest carbon pools.

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Supporting and standardising climate services

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Code: 10600 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

This topic is intended to improve the delivery of quality control and standards for climate services and to guarantee suitability, quality, and performance of digital solutions to manage climate risks and enhance adaptive capacities.

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Modelling the role of the circular economy for climate change mitigation

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Code: 10598 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

This action should look beyond the specific measures needed to deliver a circular economy and propose a framework for revealing, demonstrating and quantifying the circular economy’s potential contribution to climate goals, as well as improving the coverage of basic industry value and supply chains in models (or suites of models) used to analyse mitigation pathways.

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Better understanding of the interactions between climate change impacts and risks, mitigation and adaptation options

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Code: 10592 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

Actions should deliver progress in integrating the analysis of the impacts and risks of climate change, mitigation pathways and adaptation strategies into a single framework to help understand and quantify their numerous interactions.

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Improved understanding of greenhouse gas fluxes and radiative forcers, including carbon dioxide removal technologies

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Code: 10582 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

This topic aims at filling fundamental gaps in our understanding of Earth system, focussing on greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes and Earth system feedbacks, the behaviour of radiative forcers (including their pre-cursors), and efforts to stabilise global temperature through deployment of carbon dioxide (CO₂) removal approaches.

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Maximising the impact and synergy of European climate change research and innovation

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Code: 10575 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

Actions should cover one of the following areas:
- Maximising the impact of EU-funded climate change research
- Maximising the synergy of climate change research and innovation in Europe
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Support for establishment of R&I ecosystem, developing strategic forward-looking orientations to ensure future skills development, knowledge and technological leadership for accelerated disruptive technology exploration and uptake (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 10568 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

In order to succeed in the development of a thriving innovative battery industry, pan-European cooperation on research and innovation is essential. It is essential to work across geographical boarders and institutional levels but it is also crucial that stakeholders from all parts of the battery value chain pull together in a strategic coordinated manner to ensure our collective research efforts are efficiently translated into sustainable technologies and products economically, environmentally and socially.
Τhere is a need to continuously consolidate the Battery R&I community across the EU and associated countries
and across Battery-related networks, projects and initiatives.

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Technologies for non- CO2 greenhouse gases removal

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Code: 10538 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

This topic focusses on technological concepts at low TRLs (TRL 3 or lower).

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Laying down the basis for the demonstration of a Real Time Demonstrator of Multi-Vendor Multi-Terminal HVDC with Grid Forming Capability: Coordinated action

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Code: 10530 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

The call is intended to support all the preparatory phases among all stakeholders (HVDC systems manufacturers, TSOs, wind turbine manufacturers and windfarm developers) leading to a demonstration project to de-risk the technology to enable the installation in Europe of the first Multi-Vendor Multi-Terminal HVDC system with Grid Forming Capability.

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Establish the grounds for a common European energy data space

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Code: 10527 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Develop, validate, demonstrate an Energy Data Space that enables access to and use of energy data, comparison with different solutions.

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Advanced energy performance assessment and certification

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Code: 10524 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D4-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

The next generation of energy performance assessment and certification schemes needs to support the transition towards a climate neutral building stock over the full life cycle, relying on technological innovations to improve speed and quality of as-built performance assessment and service life compliance checks, also linking to other instruments such as building logbooks, building renovation roadmaps, Level(s) and other datasets.

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Fostering cooperation between Horizon Europe cluster 5 National Contact Points (NCPs)

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Code: 10521 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

This Call suggest the proposals to have the aim of facilitating trans-national co-operation between National Contact Points (NCPs) with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants.

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Environmentally sustainable processing techniques applied to large scale electrode and cell component manufacturing for Li ion batteries (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 10514 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

The proposed/developed processes under the specific call, are expected to address the notion of “Design to Manufacture”, which should reduce production cost and increase battery performance resulting in increased efficiency and better cycle life.

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Direct atmospheric carbon capture and conversion

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Code: 10505 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

This topic focusses on Direct Atmospheric Carbon Capture and Conversion, which is a technology that can help reaching climate neutrality by 2050 by
- creating the carbon sinks required to balance out residual emissions in 2050 and/or
- using carbon captured from the air as a raw material to replace other fossil raw materials.
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Accelerating the climate transition in difficult contexts: transition super-labs (pilot)

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Code: 10500 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Transition Super Labs are real-life laboratories where a rapid shift to climate neutrality is conceptualised, implemented, monitored and revised in an integrated way. Τhey spur the transformation of whole entities – such as non-sustainable business complexes, mining regions and polluted metropolitan areas – in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner.

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Controlling infection on large passenger ships

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Code: 10497 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Passenger ships, and in particular cruise ships, have been implicated in the spread and spread of disease. Large and medium-sized cruise ships have seen a very dynamic and sometimes dramatic multiplication of Covid-19 infections on board and the disembarkation of several hundred infected passengers who subsequently became carriers of the infection in their respective areas and areas of origin. Europe must therefore ensure a healthy environment on board, and guidelines have been published to control the spread of infections at sea.

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More efficient and effective multimodal freight transport nodes to increase flexibility, service visibility and reduce the average cost of freight transport

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Code: 10474 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

This Call aims to achieve competitive sustainability and higher levels of efficiency taking account of all costs and externalities and to maximise the utilisation of the multimodal freight transport nodes’ capacity.

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Advanced high-performance Generation 3b (high capacity / high voltage) Li-ion batteries supporting electro mobility and other applications (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 10470 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

The overarching R&I challenges lie in the development of advanced materials enabling higher energy / power density thanks to higher capacity (voltage range 4.3-4.5V) and/or operating at higher voltage (4.7+V). Focus is on adapting the cathode materials (highnickel NMCs for capacity, spinels / Li-rich Mn NMCs for voltage), the anode materials (graphite-containing Si(Ox)), the electrolytes (stabilised formulations) and their interplay.

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Enhanced integrated assessment in pursuit of global climate goals

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Code: 10466 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

Under the Paris Agreement, Parties to the UNFCCC have to pursue policies and measures to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. This Call has the goal to enhance mutual learning among the modelling, social science and policy communities to ensure coherence between different tools used to inform climate action, and consistency with the best available. Additionally, it aims to enhance international cooperation among the modelling community and other relevant stakeholders to expand the provision of robust in-country advice to decision-makers around the world.

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Co-Funded Partnership: Driving Urban Transitions to a sustainable future (DUT)

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Code: 10463 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Cities are the home of complex, inter-dependent challenges related to resource depletion, climate change impacts, environmental degradation, water, air and soil pollution, health issues and social exclusion. A co-funded partnership on Urban Transitions to a sustainable future is expected to make a considerable contribution towards filling up the following gaps in:

knowledge, evidence, innovation, technology, data, capacity, skills, lack of integrated approaches and deficit in applying research and innovation results to actions exist that prevent successful implementation of such transitions, lack of shared vision, goal and direction regarding the transition process.

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Framework for better coordination of large-scale demonstration pilots in Europe and EU-wide knowledge base (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 10458 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

The aim of this action is twofold:
- to improve the coordination of CCAM demonstrations in Europe by developing a European framework for testing on public roads including common approaches for evaluation and test data exchange for large-scale demonstration pilots in Europe.
- to expand, maintain and update the existing EU-wide Knowledge which should centralise information about stakeholders, CCAM related R&I programmes and projects in Europe and beyond.
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Climate resilient and environmentally sustainable transport infrastructure, with a focus on inland waterways

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Code: 10446 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-09 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Transport infrastructure is vulnerable to climate change and other natural or human caused disruptions. Maintaining an elevated infrastructure reliability and performance is crucial for increasing the resilience of the transport system. The goal is smart, green, sustainable, climate-resilient and biodiversity friendly infrastructure.

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Restoration of natural wetlands, peatlands and floodplains as a strategy for fast mitigation benefits; pathways, trade-offs and co-benefits

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Code: 10440 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

Projects are expected to assess the current extent and state of European wetlands, their current and potential GHG profile (with or without protection/restoration measures) and their medium to long-term mitigation capacity through restoration or other measures.

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Advanced data-driven monitoring of building stock energy performance

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Code: 10437 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D4-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

This Call aims to develop a more robust, improved and consistent monitoring of performance (energy and other
relevant aspects, such as indoor environment quality and life cycle) of buildings across the European sectors and through the whole value chain. Also, to a better informed planning of building infrastructure and better informed investment decision-making for designing future buildings and building processes.

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Clean Energy Transition

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Code: 10427 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

The European Green Deal aims to transform Europe into a fair and prosperous society with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, with no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050.

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Advanced high-performance Generation 4a, 4b (solid-state) Li-ion batteries supporting electro mobility and other applications (Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 10417 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

The overarching R&I challenges lie in the development of solid-state electrolytes, cathode materials and anode materials enabling higher thermal and electrochemical stability while targeting higher energy / power densities, fast charging, cyclability and improved safety. These new materials should contribute in the control of thermal runaway at early stage, and create non-propagation designs. Developments should range from using conventional materials to using Li metal-based anode materials, aiming at reducing the amount of cobalt used in the production in addition to the other expected outcomes listed above.

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Improved economic methods for decision-making on climate and environmental policies

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Code: 10407 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

Actions should focus on the improvement of methodologies, practices and techniques for conducting economic appraisal of environmental policies, taking into account the progress in relevant sciences and in the understanding of the limitations of the methodologies and tools used so far, notably in impact studies.

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Methane cracking to usable hydrogen and carbon

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Code: 10397 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

A potential breakthrough technology is represented by the development of processes allowing the use of available fossil and renewable methane to economically generate hydrogen without any release of CO₂ or other GHGs (as in current processes). To be advantageous on a life cycle basis, however, this requires a higher efficiency than in current processes and that the used natural or renewable gas is supplied by a chain with low upstream leakage.

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Full-scale demonstration of heat upgrade technologies with supply temperature in the range 90 - 160°C

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Code: 10368 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D4-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

This topic aims to satisfy the need for low temperature heat in the relevant industrial sectors, by upgrading lower temperature heat flows, including from renewable heat sources, ambient heat or industrial excess (waste) heat, as a cost-efficient way to improve energy efficiency and reduce the GHG emissions.

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Fostering a just transition in Europe

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Code: 10361 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Actions should enhance the understanding of the challenges of the “just transition” to climate-neutral and environmentally sustainable economies and societies, as envisaged in the European Green Deal and Next Generation EU.

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Cyber secure and resilient CCAM (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 10358 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Safe and secure operation of vehicles and mobility systems is key to the further deployment of CCAM enabled mobility solutions, also to establish trust and acceptance amongst end users. Extending the system domains beyond the vehicle through connectivity (short range or networked) makes cybersecurity a fundamental building block for trusted (digital) interaction of road users with each other, the infrastructure and cloud-based solutions/services.

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Preparing the ground for healthy soils: building capacities for engagement, outreach and knowledge

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Code: 10348 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Missions | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 22/10/2021

The intended mission’s goal, as specified in the mission report is to ensure that by 2030 at least 75% of soils in each EU Member State are healthy, or show a significant improvement towards meeting accepted thresholds of indicators, to support ecosystem services.

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ERA Chairs

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Code: 10337 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2021 | End submission calls: 22/03/2022

Research organisations located in Widening Countries (Cyprus and Greece are among the Widening Countries) interested in establishing an ERA Chair shall submit a proposal with the prospective ERA Chair holder who should be an outstanding researcher and/or innovator in the chosen scientific domain.

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More powerful and reliable on-board perception and decision-making technologies addressing complex environmental conditions (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 10295 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

To achieve secure and trustworthy interaction between vehicles, infrastructure and road users, robust and accurate on-board environment positioning and perception systems are essential for the extraction of reliable information required for realtime driving decision-making. Such functionalities have to guarantee the safety and reliability of future automated Vehicles.

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Novel tandem, high efficiency Photovoltaic technologies targeting low cost production with earth abundant materials

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Code: 10279 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/01/2022

Tandem-junction cell architectures present a path towards higher module efficiencies over single-junction designs, because of the ability to absorb more efficiently the different wavelength regions of the solar spectrum by means of separate devices. The aim is to develop tandem cells and modules that will reach efficiencies >30%, offer the same lifetime and degradation rate as standard crystalline panels at only marginally higher cost, creating thus a viable economic pathway for commercialisation of these technologies.

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Physical and Digital Infrastructure (PDI), connectivity and cooperation enabling and supporting CCAM (CCAM Partnership)

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Code: 10275 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 19/10/2021

Actions are expected to address the activities either under area:

A) Physical and Digital Infrastructure (PDI) supporting CCAM or under area.

B) Connectivity and cooperation as enablers for CCAM and advanced traffic management while taking into account the complementing nature of both areas.

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Prevention of child sexual exploitation

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Code: 10270 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Child Sexual Exploitation, including the increasing amount of child sexual abuse material detected online as well as the online solicitation of children for sexual purposes, remains a serious threat. Therefore, Research is needed to better understand the process leading to such offending actions.

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Improved access to fighting crime and terrorism research data

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Code: 10267 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

This topic aims to develop new data formats and mechanisms for data transfer, storage and security are and will be developed. Technical solutions should be developed that could help research activities comply with privacy and data protection requirements when handling data, while being able to extract information if needed.

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Enhanced assessment of disaster risks, adaptive capabilities and scenario building based on available historical data and projections

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Code: 10261 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-DRS-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

The assessment of disaster risks requires different types of actions ranging from soft measures to technologies.

Proposals will result to the following outcomes:

Innovative exposure and vulnerability analysis methods (e.g. social science, human health, cultural heritage, environment and biodiversity, public financial management and key economic sectors) and identifying key vulnerable groups and assets. Enhanced exploitation of monitoring data and satellite/remote sensing information as well as artificial intelligence to improve high-level assessment from international to local levels.

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AI for cybersecurity reinforcement

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Code: 10257 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-CS-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) is present in almost every application area where massive data are involved. AI can be used to improve response and resilience such us for the early detection of threats and other malicious activities with the aim to more accurately identify, prevent and stop attacks. On the other hand, attackers are increasingly powering their tools by using AI or by manipulating AI systems (including the AI systems used to reinforce cybersecurity).

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Modern biometrics used in forensic science and by police

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Code: 10254 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Biometric technologies allow for a person to be recognised to a certain degree based on a set of features. Additionally, biometric technologies provide a crucial support to forensic investigation and as well as evidence in court. One of the key priorities here consists in the need for forensic tools to combat organised crime and smuggling, with the aim of increasing crime investigation through more efficient detection, as well as intensifying prosecutions and convictions.

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Improved preparedness on attacks to public spaces

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Code: 10248 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Public spaces have been the target of numerous terrorist and other violent attacks, causing significant loss of lives and causing societal insecurity as well as economic losses. Such attacks have proven to be very difficult to prevent and quick-reaction and preparedness to respond are the crucial elements in reducing their impact.

The EU and its Member States have reacted to this challenge in the framework of the Action plan to support the protection of public spaces and their aim is to identify the inherent vulnerabilities of a specific target and thus to be able to put in place appropriate mitigation measures.

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Scalable privacy-preserving technologies for cross-border federated computation in Europe involving personal data

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Code: 10232 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-CS-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Building on research and innovation in the area of privacy-preserving computation, proposals should address scalability and reliability of privacy-preserving technologies in realistic problem areas and take integration with existing infrastructures and traditional security measures (e.g. access control).

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Teaming for Excellence

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Code: 10216 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/10/2021

The Teaming action is designed to support the creation of new centres of excellence or upgrading the existing ones in low R&I performing countries, building on partnerships between leading scientific institutions in Europe and the main beneficiary institutions in low R&I performing countries that display the willingness to engage together for this purpose.

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Knowledge Networks for Security Research & Innovation

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Code: 10211 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-SSRI-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 23/11/2022

Successful results of research projects are a necessary but not sufficient condition to guarantee the uptake of innovation. Meanwhile, investment in security research needs to be designed taking into consideration how and when it can deliver outcomes that contribute to the development of security capabilities.

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Improved detection of concealed objects on, and within the body of, persons

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Code: 10206 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Research under this topic will increase the capabilities to detect objects concealed on persons, or hidden inside the body of persons. The proposed technology should be able to detect concealments on moving persons and should be based on non-ionising approaches that provide necessary safety and privacy.

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Improved security in open-source and open-specification hardware for connected devices

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Code: 10196 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-CS-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

The quality of hardware and software, notably open source, for IoT and connected devices is improving. The aim is to support European trustworthy platforms by methods, tools and technologies that foster a stronger Cybersecurity, which can serve in a variety of connected devices.

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Ensured infrastructure resilience in case of Pandemics

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Code: 10193 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-INFRA-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Security research related to infrastructure protection has been traditionally following a sectorial approach. With the aim of safeguarding autonomy, more sophisticated tools against unlawful gathering of information on infrastructures need to be developed.

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Improved border checks for travel facilitation across external borders and improved experiences for both passengers and border authorities’ staff

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Code: 10187 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Research should develop and systematically test and validate solutions to speed up and facilitate the border crossing experience (at land, sea and/or border crossing points for both travellers and staff of border authorities).

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Developing a prioritisation mechanism for research programming in standardisation related to natural hazards and/or CBRN-E sectors

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Code: 10180 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-DRS-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Increasing resilience to natural disasters or CBRN-E events closely relies on management procedures, technologies and tools. There is a need to ensure that any standardisation activities where a significant contribution to improve the disaster resilience through standardisation can be expected are developed in close cooperation with end users and prioritised with them while paying attention to the legal frameworks in place.

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Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction for extreme climate events: from early warning systems to long term adaptation and resilience building

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Code: 10172 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-DRS-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

In contemporary society, the capacity of communities and governments to manage expected and/or unexpected extreme climate events depends heavily on effective governance throughout the entire Disaster Risk Management cycle. This covers operational mechanisms ranging from short-term actions to long-term adaptation strategies and resilience building, including nature-based solutions.

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Domestic and sexual violence are prevented and combated

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Code: 10167 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Domestic violence keeps on being a persistent crime throughout Europe but the number of cases that are effectively reported to Police Authorities is very low. One of the causes is the limited protection offered to victims, fear, reluctance of neighbours to intervene by informing the Police Authorities, lack of awareness whom to turn to, which mechanisms exist, etc.

Proposals are expected to address one of the following options:
- Option A: Domestic violence
- Option B: Sexual violence
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Fight against organised environmental crime

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Code: 10163 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Environmental crime breaches environmental legislation and causes significant harm or risk to the environment, climate and/or human health. Therefore, activities proposed within this topic should address both the technological and societal dimensions of environmental crime in a balanced way, as well as the needs of Police Authorities and other relevant security practitioners.

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Fight against firearms trafficking

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Code: 10153 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Firearms are the lifeblood of organised crime in Europe as well as worldwide. Firearms trafficking is a big enabler of organised crime and terrorism.

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National Contact Points (NCPs) in the field of security and cybersecurity

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Code: 10136 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-SSRI-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

National Contact Points (NCPs) are support structures that have become an essential component in the implementation of successive Framework Programmes. Project proposals should aim to facilitate trans-national co-operation between NCPs, with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to the applicants.

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A maturity assessment framework for security technologies

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Code: 10122 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-SSRI-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Having awareness of the maturity of a system is an invaluable reference to understand how ready this system is to be deployed on a numeric scale. This topic invites applicants to submit proposals for the development of a maturity assessment framework that serves as a reference for the development of civil security technology-based solutions.

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Fast deployed mobile laboratories to enhance situational awareness for pandemics and emerging infectious diseases

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Code: 10116 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-DRS-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

The ability to rapidly identify viruses on scene under a proper quality control/assurance regime is crucial to ensure adequate risk assessment, optimal risk management, and proper counter measures. Therefore the determining factor is to bring a rapidly deployable diagnostic capacity as close as possible to the crisis area.

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Dynamic business continuity and recovery methodologies based on models and prediction for multi-level Cybersecurity

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Code: 10103 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-CS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

This action aims at developing new methodologies, services and tools for accelerating the self-recovery and possible adaptation of the infrastructures and supply chains after an attack. Τhe focus should be on critical sectors (e.g. energy, transportation, health) as well as telecommunication networks.

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Increased safety, security, performance of the European Border and Coast Guard and of European customs authorities

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Code: 10093 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Research should investigate and define future capability needs for increasing the safety, security, performance and user experience of the operational staff of border and coast guards and of customs authorities.

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Online identity theft is countered

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Code: 10088 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

The “classical” form of identity theft has been a big business for years and consists in personal and financial data stolen online, sold in the underground economy and misused by criminal organisations all over the world, usually for financial gain. Therefore, Research is needed to develop new technological means of detecting deepfakes in support of the work of Police Authorities.

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Fight against trafficking in cultural goods

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Code: 10070 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Trafficking in cultural goods has become one of the most profitable criminal activities for organised crime groups and the booming art and antiquity market is creating new business models for organised crime.

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Enhanced security and management of borders, maritime environment, activities and transport, by increased surveillance capability, including high altitude, long endurance aerial support

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Code: 10063 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Border, coast guards and other security practitioners, require capabilities to monitor wider areas beyond the EU external borders in order to prevent, detect and react to crime, including that crossing external borders, illegal border crossings and/or smuggling at the border regions of the EU and of the Schengen area. This applies to all border contexts – land, sea and air – but it may be specifically useful in the maritime domain, and these capabilities could also have a strong impact on other maritime security-related tasks beyond border control.

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Demand-led innovation for situation awareness in civil protection

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Code: 9993 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-SSRI-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

End-users and public procurers from several countries are invited to send proposals for launching a Pre Commercial Procurement action for the acquisition of R&D services for the development of technology solutions for situation awareness in the field of civil protection.

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Advanced detection of threats and illicit goods in postal and express courier flows

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Code: 9960 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-04 Grant | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Research under this topic will contribute to build capabilities for more effective detection of threats and of dangerous and illicit goods within postal and express courier flows, without impeding those flows or disproportionate intrusion into privacy.

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Terrorism and other forms of serious crime countered using travel intelligence

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Code: 9957 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Travel intelligence is intended here as all the information available in different systems and databases related to travellers. In particular, the research should focus on Passenger Name Record (PNR) and Advance Passenger Information (API) data, but the use of other data available in the context of the interoperability should also be envisaged.

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Disinformation and fake news are combated and trust in the digital world is raised

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Code: 9951 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Combating disinformation and fake news with implications for security is an important aspect where modern information analysis is needed. This topic asks for an interdisciplinary approach based both on societal capabilities to withstand such a threat (e.g., education on trustable sources of information, research on the impact of uncertainties caused by disinformation on public crisis management and society overall) and on technological means of fighting against it.

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Improved understanding of risk exposure and its public awareness in areas exposed to multi-hazards

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Code: 9938 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-DRS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

The awareness of multiple hazards and the assessment of risks and their consequences is an additional step along with the development of local, national and international policies and strategies within all phases of the disaster risk management cycles. The availability of reliable scientific data and information in order to anticipate future disaster events or crisis situations, represents a global challenge for both the research community and governance institutions. The aim of this Call is to understand, gain knowledge and take actions at national/local and global/region for on hazard risks in all its dimension and changeable nature.

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Lawful interception using new and emerging technologies (5G & beyond, quantum computing and encryption)

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Code: 9845 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

Software-based communication technologies such as 5G and beyond will bring many benefits but also pose a number of new challenges for the police and the judiciary. In particular, lawful interception systems will have to adapt to the increased use of encryption including end-to-end encryption, to edge computing that might limit the availability and accessibility to relevant data and to slicing technology that will multiply the number of virtual operators.

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Co-Creation with Public and Private Buyers of Innovations

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Code: 9834 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-PUBLICBUY-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/07/2021 | End submission calls: 28/10/2021

The public and private sector grasp is aiming to offer new opportunities making use of new technologies or solutions, notably for innovation suppliers. Moreover, innovation procurement allows providing better and more efficient public services to face societal challenges.

The objective of this topic call, is to foster the aggregation of the demand at European level and pull the European market in order to give the possibility for innovative technologies to find potential first and large buyers.

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European infrastructures and their autonomy safeguarded against systemic risks

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Code: 9740 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2021-INFRA-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/11/2021

In order to raise the awareness and preparedness for emerging risks, research should enhance the capabilities for foresight and risk management on a systemic level. With the aim of safeguarding autonomy, more sophisticated tools against unlawful gathering of information on infrastructures need to be developed.

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Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) for Research and Education Networks

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Code: 9734 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-NET-01-01-FPA | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 02/09/2021

The aim is to provide connectivity in the European Research Area (ERA) in multiples of 100 Gbps, paving the way for Terabit connectivity in certain areas where higher bandwidth is required for both disciplinary and interdisciplinary research collaboration amongst the researchers and scientists across Europe and beyond.

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Proving the feasibility of a large clean ammonia marine engine (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 9727 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-14 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

The aim of this Call is to develop, demonstrate and validate a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine of at least 10 MW power output running on ammonia as its main fuel, with IMO-Tier III or lower NOx emissions and negligible emissions of SOx, particulates and other harmful substances or odours.

As an indication total tank-to-wake GHG emission reduction versus an MGO baseline should be at least 80%.

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LCA and design for sustainable circularity - holistic approach for zero-emission mobility solutions and related battery value chain (2ZERO & Batteries Partnership)

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Code: 9724 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnerships on ‘Towards zero emission road transport’ (2ZERO) and ‘Towards a competitive European industrial battery value chain for stationary applications and e-mobility. This Call aims to approach a commonly accepted Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of zero-emission road transport solutions, focussing on zero-emission vehicles and their batteries, as one of their central components, as well as other applications of the same types of battery cells (e.g. industrial, stationary applications etc.).

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Greenhouse gas aviation emissions reduction technologies towards climate neutrality by 2050

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Code: 9719 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

The impact of aviation to environment and climate is driven by long-term effects from CO2 emissions and shorter-term ones from non- CO2 emissions. R&I activities will pay adequate attention to CO2 and non-CO2 emissions, as well as their interdependencies. Τhis topic aims for new low TRL technologies for reduced life-cycle GHG emissions that will reach TRL4 by 2030, at the latest.

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Enabling the safe and efficient on-board storage and integration within ships of large quantities of ammonia and hydrogen fuels (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 9716 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-07 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

Commercial shipping, including deep sea shipping, short sea shipping and other ship operations with high power demand requires the storage of large amounts of energy with conventional fuel capacities from hundreds to thousands of tons allowing operational autonomy up to several months. The aim is to develop large and very large storage solutions for hydrogen and ammonia (e.g. compressed H2, liquid H2, LOHC, hydrides, ammonia derived compounds) and their integration on-board.

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Digital Twin models to enable green ship operations (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 9714 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-13 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

The digital revolution is affecting most industrial sectors, enabling the digital modelling of designs, manufacturing processes and operations. A wider development of Digital Twin (DT) models enables new functionalities for the design and operation of vessels. Therefore, this Call is promoting the DT concept in order to improve energy efficiency, operational efficiency and environmental performance from the early design phase of vessels to the end of the life cycle.

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System approach to achieve optimised Smart EV Charging and V2G flexibility in mass-deployment conditions (2ZERO)

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Code: 9706 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

Digitally controlled charging solutions represent a fundamental building block of a full and effective shift to electromobility. Mass availability of battery storage, provided by parked EVs can however be turned into a clear upside if an integrated approach is adopted considering the different charging scenarios (public charging, home charging, depot charging, etc.). Moreover, the effective exploitation of EV charging flexibility can minimise investments in the electric grids, resulting in reduced system charges for the network users.

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Hyper powered vessel battery charging system (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 9702 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-11 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

The focus is on the ship and shore side interface. R&I will deliver solutions and technology to minimise high power recharging times at port, explore the applicability of charging solutions to a variety of batteries and their usefulness for different ship types. Additionally, R&I will develop standard interfaces which ensure a seamless integration of different electric ships into conventional port and ferry terminal operations, including their integration with future port and energy infrastructures as they evolve.

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Development and demonstration of cost affordable and adaptable retrofit solutions for tailpipe and brake polluting emissions

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Code: 9699 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-15 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

Transport is noticed to have an impact on the quality of air and water, due to tailpipe emissions from older vehicles, vehicles exceeding emissions limits in real driving conditions, or by vehicles, which, by not being subjected to specific limits, have high emissions of certain pollutants (e.g. ammonia-fuelled vehicles which emit a high number of particulates).

Therefore, the proposed actions on retrofit technologies should aim at reducing real emissions at a relatively low cost, thus providing an early improvement of air quality without waiting for the vehicles to be replaced (or exported to other markets, thus just shifting the pollution to poorer countries).

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Assessment of noise and particle emissions of L category vehicles from real driving conditions

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Code: 9695 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-16 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

Noise pollution is a growing environmental concern and has been affecting quality of life and well-being. This action will be focused in particular in cities and regions with high powered two wheelers use and the derived knowledge will provide significant support to designing future measures aimed at reducing the noise and pollution emission levels from these vehicles.

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Next generation digital aircraft transformation in design, manufacturing, integration and maintenance

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Code: 9692 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-06 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

This topic is about a real digital transformation with a holistic and circular approach for the aviation ecosystem. It aims to accelerate the design and manufacturing processes (including additive manufacturing) as well as allow flawless entry into service of new aircrafts and systems.

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Support for dissemination events in the field of Transport Research

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Code: 9429 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-17 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

The action will prepare and provide support to the Transport Research Arena conference (TRA) to be organised in 2024 gathering transport stakeholders for discussing political, industrial and research issues on a European and global level.

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Nextgen EV components: Integration of advanced power electronics and associated controls (2ZERO)

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Code: 9255 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnership on ‘Towards zero emission road transport’ (2ZERO). The aim of this Call is to achieve innovative compact integrated solutions which will be both a strong lever for future economies of scale and a strong advantage for flexibility that will satisfy user’s needs and increase acceptance, as well as an enabler for new powertrain architectures with distributed multiple wheel drive.

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Enabling the full integration of very high power fuel cells in ship design using co-generation and combined cycle solutions for increased efficiency with multiple fuels (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 9239 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-08 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnership on ‘Zero Emission Waterborne Transport’ (ZEWT). The aim of this Call is to prove the use of high-temperature Fuel Cells (FC) in a co-generation and combined cycle mode, either on a ship powered uniquely by FCs, or on-board a large ship with high power demand together with other power and thermal energy generation and management systems.

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CSA identifying waterborne sustainable fuel deployment scenarios (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 7467 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-09 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

The topic of this call implements the co-programmed European Partnership on ‘Zero Emission Waterborne Transport’ (ZEWT). The overall goal of the Call is to consider the wider aspects of waterborne transport (incl. IWT, short and deep-sea shipping, high-tech vessels) involving energy and waterborne stakeholders, with an approach that is neutral with regard to specific energy carriers or technologies.

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Assessing and preventing methane slip from LNG engines in all conditions within both existing and new vessels (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 7356 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-12 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

The topic of this Call implements the co-programmed European Partnership on ‘Zero Emission Waterborne Transport’ (ZEWT). Throughout this call, projects must have the goal to address the current state of the art and the scatter of emissions between different types of LNG-powered engines.

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Nextgen vehicles: Innovative zero emission BEV architectures for regional medium freight haulage (2ZERO)

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Code: 7123 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

The call implements the co-programmed European Partnership on ‘Towards zero emission road transport’ (2ZERO) and it is focused on the validation of full electric N2 and/or N3-category vehicle(s), specific regional, suburban and urban freight transport applications seamlessly integrated into fleets.

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Innovative on-board energy saving solutions (ZEWT Partnership)

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Code: 6946 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-10 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/06/2021 | End submission calls: 14/09/2021

The topic of this Call implements the co-programmed European Partnership on ‘Zero Emission Waterborne Transport’ (ZEWT) and its overall aim is to reduce the vessel’s energy demand, facilitating the transition to sustainable energy sources with lower energy density and potentially higher cost.

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European Researchers' Night 2022-2023

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Code: 6941 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2022-CITIZENS-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/10/2021

The European Researchers’ Night the largest research communication and promotion event taking place across EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries and it takes place every year, on the last Friday of September. It supports events that can last up to two days including, pre-events, prior to the main event, and related post-events, such as wrap-up meetings or small-scale follow-up events, can also be organised.

The Call aims to bring researchers to schools in order to interact with pupils at any time during the project duration. This will allow pupil to learn directly about research projects and initiatives related to EU main priorities.

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Awareness Inside

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Code: 4019 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/06/2021 | End submission calls: 27/10/2021

This is a Pathfinder challenge Call and it aims to promote awareness and consciousness in the system, elements that have been high on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) research agenda.

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Emerging Technologies in Cell and Gene therapy

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Code: 4017 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-03 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/06/2021 | End submission calls: 27/10/2021

This is a Pathfinder challenge Call and it aims at reinforcing critical components of the European cell and gene therapy community, such as focused research consortia, start-ups and spinoffs, in their ability to compete and sustain in this fiercely competitive field, full of challenges and obstacles all along the way from discovery to the manufacturing step. Proposals submitted to this call should effectively address exactly that, by proposing convincing technological solutions and/or new breakthrough concepts that go far beyond the current state-of-the-art.

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Novel routes to green hydrogen production

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Code: 4014 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/06/2021 | End submission calls: 27/10/2021

This is a Pathfinder challenge Call and it aims at developing novel processes and technologies to produce green H2, at different scales (from small to large) and capturing cross sectorial coupling and system integration opportunities, entirely based on:
- renewable sources and
- non-toxic, non-critical raw materials.
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Engineered Living Materials

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Code: 4010 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-05 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/06/2021 | End submission calls: 27/10/2021

This Pathfinder Challenge aims to overcome the technological challenges to harness the engineering potential of nature for materials’ production. The specific objectives of this call are to support the development of new technologies and platforms enabling the controlled production of made-on-demand living materials with multiple predictable dynamic functionalities, shapes and scales; and to build a community of researchers and innovators in ELMs. Reaching these objectives requires a research team that strongly integrates, among others and not exclusively, expertise in synthetic biology, materials engineering, control engineering, artificial intelligence, synthetic or engineered morphogenesis as well as ethical, legal and social aspects (ELSA).

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Tools to measure and stimulate activity in Brain Tissue

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Code: 4002 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/06/2021 | End submission calls: 27/10/2021

This is a Pathfinder challenge Call and it aims to discover new physical principles for activity monitoring (invasive or non-invasive) and activity modulation as well as to develop novel neurodevices that can be rapidly accepted by clinicians and patients. Thus, ultrasound, light (optogenetics or otherwise), mechanical stimulation, local release of neuroactive compounds, ionising radiation, etc could be explored.

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Enhancing synergies between the EIC and Startup Europe

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Code: 3580 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-STARTUPEU-01-0 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/06/2021 | End submission calls: 18/11/2021

This Call focuses on building synergies with the wider European startup ecosystem via a new wave of actions under the Commission’s existing Startup Europe initiative. These actions will act as a catalyst to fulfil the potential of European startups, in delivering market-ready applications and technology solutions that can contribute to the competitiveness and strategic autonomy of EU industry in key technology areas and value chains.

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The European Innovation Procurement Awards Prize - HORIZON-EIC-2021-InnovationProcurementAwardsPrize

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Code: 3673 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021 InnovationProcurementAwardsPrize | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/04/2021 | End submission calls: 29/07/2021

This Call aims to recognise public and private buyers across Europe and Associated countries for their efforts to promote innovation procurement and the innovative ways that the solutions are procured. It also aims to emphasise the importance of close buyer–supplier cooperation in bringing the innovative solutions to market.

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Vaccines & therapeutic clinical trials to boost COVID-19 prevention and treatment

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Code: 3679 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-CORONA-01-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 13/04/2021 | End submission calls: 06/05/2021

Proposals submitted under this expression of interest should aim to further develop promising therapeutic or prophylactic candidates against SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19.

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Cohorts united against COVID-19 variants of concern

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Code: 3682 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2021-CORONA-01-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Health (Cluster 1) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 13/04/2021 | End submission calls: 06/05/2021

Proposals submitted under this Call are expected to build on existing large-scale, multi-centre, regional or international cohorts worldwide and/or establish new ones linked to those. These cohorts should aim to rapidly advance the knowledge on SARS-CoV-2 and its emerging variants of concern, with the aim of developing evidence-based strategic and robust recommendations for the effective control and prevention of COVID-19 infection.

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Research infrastructure services for rapid research responses to COVID-19 and other infectious disease epidemics

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Code: 3685 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EMERGENCY-02 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 13/04/2021 | End submission calls: 06/05/2021

Proposals under this action, will integrate research infrastructure services to form a comprehensive and inclusive portfolio to support research in response to infectious disease epidemics or underpinning respective forefront research in the field. As a first immediate challenge, the delivered services should support research targeting newly emerging SARS-Cov-2 variants and addressing the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.

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FAIR and open data sharing in support to European preparedness for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases

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Code: 3688 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-INFRA-2021-EMERGENCY-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Research Infrastructures (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 13/04/2021 | End submission calls: 06/05/2021

This action responds to the need to enable researchers, health care professionals and society to share, access, analyse, link and process research data and other research digital objects across disciplines and national borders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as for future pandemic situations.

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EIC Accelerator Challenges 2021-Green Deal innovations for the Economic Recovery

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Code: 3694 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/04/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The call will support the scale up of next generation low-carbon technologies and will support European companies willing to become global technology leaders able to transform the world. Game changing, breakthrough technologies combined with innovative business models, will be a key feature.

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EIC Accelerator Challenges 2021- Strategic Digital and Health Technologies

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Code: 3696 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/04/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

With this EIC Accelerator challenge, the European Innovation Council (EIC) seeks to support start- ups and SMEs (including small midcaps) that are developing strategic technologies or innovations based on these technologies, in order to be ahead of the evolution of these technologies, capture the competitive advantages and scale up high impact innovations with the potential to create new markets or disrupt existing ones in identified areas of Strategic Digital and Health Technologies.

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EIC Accelerator Open 2021

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Code: 3698 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/04/2021 | End submission calls: 06/10/2021

The EIC Accelerator Open call supports companies, principally start-ups and SMEs, to scale up high impact innovations with the potential to create new markets or disrupt existing ones.

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EIC Pathfinder Open 2021

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Code: 3699 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/04/2021 | End submission calls: 19/05/2021

The EIC Pathfinder Open is under the Programme of the European Innovation Council and provides support for innovative technologies that are at an early stage of development and have the potential to create new markets and / or meet global challenges.

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EU Prize for Women Innovators

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Code: 3806 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-WomenInnovatorsPrize | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 18/03/2021 | End submission calls: 30/06/2021

The EU Prize for Women Innovators celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind game changing innovations. In doing so, the EU seeks to raise awareness of the need for more female innovators, and create role models for women and girls everywhere.

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The European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital)

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Code: 3808 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2021-iCapitalPrize | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 18/03/2021 | End submission calls: 15/07/2021

Every year, the European Union recognises cities with inclusive innovation ecosystems by awarding the recognition prize European Capital of Innovation Awards. The awards identify urban ecosystems that connect citizens, the public sector, academia, and business, and successfully translate their results into improved wellbeing of their citizens, while boosting game-changing innovation. The award is part of the European Union’s efforts to raise awareness about the benefits of urban innovation ‘with’ and ‘for’ citizens, supporting cities in addressing relevant societal challenges, and strengthening their urban resilience.

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ERC Starting Grants

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Code: 3785 | Identifier Code: ERC-2021-STG | Programme name: Horizon Europe (2021-2027) | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 25/02/2021 | End submission calls: 08/04/2021

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. Additionally, they must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal.

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