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Pre-commercial procurement for environmentally sustainable, climate neutral and circular health and care systems
EC - Horizon Europe
ExpectedOutcome: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”. To that end, proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that are directed, tailored towards and contributing, to some of the following expected outcomes:Public proc...
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Advancing Large AI Models: Integration of New Data Modalities and Expansion of Capabilities (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)
EC - Horizon Europe
ExpectedOutcome:Projects are expected to contribute to one or more of the following outcomes:Enhanced applicability of large AI systems to new domains through the integration of innovative data modalities, such as sensor measurements (e.g. in robotics, IoT) or remote sensing (e.g. earth observation), as input.Improvement of current multimodal large AI systems capabilities and expansion of the numb...
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ExpectedOutcome:Projects are expected to contribute to one of the following outcomes:Enhanced robustness, performance and reliability of AI systems, including generative AI models, with awareness of the limits of operational robustness of the system.Improved explainability and accountability, transparency and autonomy of AI systems, including generative AI models, along with an awareness of the wo...
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ExpectedOutcome:Share information about global sectorial ICT standardisation ecosystems and engagement of European stakeholders in global standardisation settings.Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:Set-up of a facility to support participation of European specialists in international ICT Standard Developing Organisations (SDOs) and global fora and consortia, which should...
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Digital Humanism - Putting people at the centre of the digital transformation (CSA)
EC - Horizon Europe
ExpectedOutcome:Create an active network and cross disciplinary communities on digital humanism bringing together ICT experts, ethnologists, sociologists and experts in fundamental rightsHelp defining and strengthening EU’s approach to a human-centred digital transformation through cross-disciplinary, world class foundational and application oriented researchFormulate approaches how to transform a...
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Objective:The aim is to facilitate the transition toward a sustainable, circular, toxic-free, energy-efficient/climate-resilient economy and toward a toxic-free environment as well as to protect, restore and improve the quality of the environment.The specific objective is to cover one or more of the following topics as fully defined in section 2 of the Call document:Activities in support of public...
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Objective:The aim is to facilitate the transition toward a sustainable, circular, toxic-free, energy-efficient/climate-resilient economy and toward a toxic-free environment as well as to protect, restore and improve the quality of the environment.The specific objective is to cover one or more of the following topics as fully defined in section 2 of the Call document: Circular Economy and WasteAir...
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Framework Partnership Agreement for a European Networked Catalyst Fund for Social Innovation in Support of the Missions
EC - Horizon Europe
ExpectedOutcome: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 proje...
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A European Social Innovation Advisory Network in support of EU Mission Objectives
EC - Horizon Europe
ExpectedOutcome:Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:Social innovation advances the EU Mission societal and environmental transition objectives;The EU Missions embrace the potential of social innovation as means of achieving their objectives;Social innovators and social entrepreneurs and funders of social innovation benefit from moderated learning and experience sha...
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ExpectedOutcome:Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:Demonstration of the advantage of quantum gravimeters in innovative operational settings, delivering results beyond the state-of-the-art for real-world use cases. These operational settings should include a) an onboard gravimeter and b) terrestrial networks of gravimeters, consisting of at least eight gravimeters in tota...
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Stimulating transnational research and development of next generation quantum technologies, including basic theories and components (Cascading grant with FSTP)
EC - Horizon Europe
ExpectedOutcome:Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:Support to transnational projects in quantum technologies, fostering synergy between European, national and regional initiatives and promoting broader partnerships between the European stakeholders in quantum technologies.
Scope:Proposals should support the networking and coordination of national activities in support ...
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New knowledge and innovations for climate-smart farming - connecting research stations
EC - Horizon Europe
ExpectedOutcome: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. Development and adoption of new knowledge and innovations contributing to climate change mitigation by farmers is a priority to ensure that the objectives of the Europe...
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Closing the research gaps on Essential Biogeochemical Ocean Variables (EOVs) in support of global assessments
EC - Horizon Europe
ExpectedOutcome:In line with the European Green Deal and, in particular its climate and biodiversity objectives, successful proposals should advance the scientific understanding to support adaptation and resilience policies of natural and managed ecosystems, to efficiently monitor, assess and project the impacts and effects of climate change, mitigation and adaptation strategies, and to support de...
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Overcoming barriers and delivering innovative solutions to enable the green transition
EC - Horizon Europe
ExpectedOutcome:In the context of the EU Green Deal and related policies, there is the need to speed up the green transition, including under the sectors covered by Cluster 6. Nevertheless, several socio-economic barriers impede the deployment of solutions aimed at facilitating such transition.Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:overcoming barriers to the ...
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ExpectedOutcome: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 support Regulation...
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ExpectedOutcome: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 innovative data technologies. The partnership’s activities (parts of which will be carried ...
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Objective:Engaging businesses in the clean energy transition and reducing their domestic footprint is central for the European Green Deal and to deliver on the Fit-for-55 package and the REPowerEU Plan to phase-out EU dependence on Russian fossil fuel imports. It is also important for the Green Deal Industrial Plan[1] and the overall competitiveness of the EU economy. Energy policy instruments suc...
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Objective:The public sector plays a key role in delivering the energy transition, with a unique mandate over their public assets and a unique convening power on actors across the value chain. The European Green Deal’s Renovation Wave[1] aims to double the renovation rate of buildings by 2030, which requires also massive investment into the public building stock. In line with the REPowerEU plan[2] ...
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Energy Performance of Buildings - Making renovation faster, deeper, smarter, service- and data-driven
LIFE Programme
Objective:This topic contributes to the goals of the EU Renovation Wave strategy[1] and aims to help implement current and future buildings policies, notably in view of the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), but considering as well aspects of the New European Bauhaus initiative[1]. This topic addresses several areas that are key for the achievement of the ambitious EU target...
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Towards an effective implementation of key legislation in the field of sustainable energy
LIFE Programme
Objective:Under the Fit for 55 Package to implement the European Green Deal and the REPowerEU Plan, the Commission proposed a whole set of new measures to revise the main pieces of climate and energy legislation, notably the Energy Efficiency Directive, the Renewable Energy Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. The revisions make the policy framework for sustainable energy m...
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Objective:This topic aims to complement the main Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs) under the LIFE Clean Energy Transition work-programme 2024, with a Call for LIFE Standard Action Projects (SAPs), co-financing action in the area of the clean energy transition with up to 60% of the eligible costs specifically addressed to support bottom-up actions by key actors of the EU energy transition. SA...
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Objective:Heat pumps represent one of the key technologies to meet the 2030 EU energy and climate targets and towards the climate neutrality of heating and cooling by mid-century. As part of the REPowerEU[1] Plan to phase out EU dependence on fossil fuels imports the European Commission has called for 10 million additional heat pumps installed within 5 years. While market growth of 2021 and 2022 a...
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BUILD UP Skills – Upskilling and reskilling interventions for building decarbonisation
LIFE Programme
Objective:Launched in 2011, the BUILD UP Skills initiative[1] is supporting the upskilling of building professionals across Europe, to deliver building renovations offering high energy performance as well as new nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (nZEBs). This effort needs to be sustained through the rollout of ambitious training and qualification interventions aligned with the EU Green Deal, the EU’s 2...
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Objective:Project Development Assistance (PDA) offers technical assistance to public and private project developers to deliver energy efficiency and renewable energy investments of ambition and scale.The PDA topic aims to support project developers across Europe to deliver a highly ambitious sustainable energy project pipeline. Projects under this topic are expected to develop replicable solutions...
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Objective:The topic aims to provide local and regional authorities with the necessary capacity, integrated approaches and organisational structures to deliver and implement plans and strategies for the clean energy transition (CET).Local and regional authorities (LRAs) are a decisive lever for achieving the EU Green Deal objectives in the short, medium and long-term, such as the 2030 climate and e...
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One-Stop-Shops - Integrated services for clean energy transition in buildings and businesses
LIFE Programme
Objective:As highlighted in the "Renovation Wave" initiative of the European Green Deal and in the REPowerEU Plan, there is pressing need to increase the number of ambitious building renovations across the EU and to better integrate the switch to efficient renewable-based heating and cooling as an integral part of building renovations. Businesses are one of the key contributors to the cl...
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ExpectedOutcome:Efficient delivery of the quantified objectives by end of the project
Objective:Projects under this strand should help to achieve the long-term vision of the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change that, in 2050, the EU will be a climate-resilient society which is fully adapted to the unavoidable impacts of climate change. Projects should help to reinforce adaptive capacit...
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ExpectedOutcome:Efficient delivery of the quantified objectives by end of the project
Objective:Projects under the Climate Change Mitigation Priority Area should contribute to the socially just and sustainable transition towards a climate neutral economy by 2050 and to reaching the EU emission reduction target for 2030 to at least 55% compared with 1990 levels.
Scope:Areas of intervention:Recove...
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ExpectedOutcome:Efficient delivery of the quantified objectives by end of the project
Objective:LIFE Climate Change Governance and Information aims at supporting the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of the Union legislation and policy on climate change, contributing to climate change mitigation and/or adaptation. This includes improving governance through enhancing the capa...
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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)
EC - Horizon Europe
ExpectedOutcome: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”. To that end, proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that are directed, tailored towards and contributing to some of the following expected outcomes:Health care practitioners and provider...
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ExpectedOutcome: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[1] that aims to improve the EU's capacity in the vital areas of prevention, preparedness, surveillance, r...
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Objective:This call for proposals concerns LIFE Operating Grant Framework Partnership Agreements (FPA OG).Applicants to the LIFE-2024-NGO-OG-FPA call for proposals MUST ALSO APPLY under the LIFE-2024-NGO-OG-SGA Call for proposals to be considered for an operating grant for FY2025.
Scope:Framework Partnership Agreements (FPAs) under the LIFE Programme are long-term cooperation instruments that se...
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Objective:This call for proposals concerns LIFE Specific Operating Grant Agreements (SGA OG) . LIFE Specific Operating Grant Agreements will only be concluded with organisations that have successfully signed a LIFE 2024 Operating Grant Framework Partnership Agreements (FPA OG).Framework Partnership Agreements (FPAs) under the LIFE Programme are long-term cooperation instruments that serve as umbre...
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Projects on Legislative and Policy Priorities in the fields of Nature & Biodiversity and Circular Economy & Quality of Life
LIFE Programme
Objective:Based on article 11 of the LIFE Regulation 2021/783, the LIFE Multi Annual Work Programme 2021-2024, includes the possibility to finance each year a limited number of projects designed to support specific needs for the development and implementation of Union environment policy and legislation. Once a year, in consultation with Member States, the Commission makes an inventory of the speci...
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Objective:To contribute to the protection of nature and biodiversity by:Supporting nature and biodiversity policy and legislation compliance assurance, and/orPromoting effective public participation and access to justice in nature and biodiversity policy and legislation-related matters.
Scope:The present Call topic targets Standard Action Projects (SAP) aimed at achieving the objectives of the L...
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Objective:To contribute to European Union objectives for the protection, maintenance and restoration of the Union’s natural capital in its marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems.
Scope:The present Call topic targets Standard Action Projects (SAP) aimed at achieving the objectives of the LIFE Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme by supporting the development, implementation, monitoring and...
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ExpectedOutcome:Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:For researchersEnhanced opportunities to interact with citizens and local, regional and national authorities;Improved communication skills and competences to interact with a non-research audience, notably with pupils and students. For organisationsIncreased reputation and visibility of participating organisations ...
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ExpectedOutcome:Improving the quality of life of cancer patients, survivors and their families is one of the objectives of the Mission on Cancer and the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. The future European Cancer Patient Digital Centre (ECPDC)[1] will provide digital services to support cancer patients, survivors and caregivers to facilitate their access to quality information and data sharing. The a...
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Improving the understanding and management of late-effects in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer
EC - Horizon Europe
ExpectedOutcome:Proposals under this topic should aim to deliver results that are directed and tailored towards and contribute to the following expected outcomes:Increased awareness and improved understanding of the incidence, severity, and impact of late effects in AYA cancer survivors among healthcare providers, patients, caregivers and the general public;Researchers, innovators, and professiona...
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ExpectedOutcome: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 inf...
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ExpectedOutcome:The aim of this topic is to operationalise the UNCAN.eu research data platform foreseen in the Cancer Mission implementation plan[1], 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[2]. Proposal(s) under this topi...
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ExpectedOutcome: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.Pragmatic clinical trials focus on choosing between care options. Pragmatic trials evaluate effectiveness, the effect of treatment in routine (real-worl...
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Accessible and affordable tests to advance early detection of heritable cancers in European regions
EC - Horizon Europe
ExpectedOutcome:For an increasing number of cancers with underlying heritable genetic risk, early detection and diagnosis are possible. Moreover, cancer incidence and mortality across Europe are increasing and show substantial variation, with Central and Eastern European regions and countries particularly affected[1]. Decisive action on early detection using easy-to-use, specific and sensitive, af...
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ExpectedOutcome:Activities under this topic will advance the international dimension of the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ and contribute to its specific objectives, in particular objective 4 "reduce soil pollution and enhance restoration". Activities will also contribute to the EU-Africa Partnership on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture, African Union strategies, ...
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ExpectedOutcome:Activities under this topic will contribute to EU climate and nature protection policies and specifically respond to the Mission Soil specific objective 2 “Conserve and increase soil organic carbon stocks “, thereby supporting the implementation of the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) Regulation [1] with respect to the inclusion of wetland restoration activities.Proj...
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ExpectedOutcome:Activities under this topic will help to progress towards the objectives of the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, in particular its specific objectives 4 “Reduce soil pollution and enhance restoration”, 6 “Improve soil structure to enhance habitat quality for soil biota and crops” and 8 "Improve soil literacy in society”. Activities will also contribute to the EU Biodiversity ...
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ExpectedOutcome:Activities under this topic respond directly to the goal of the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe' of setting up 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition to healthy soils by 2030. They support the specific objectives of the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ dealing with urgent soil health challenges (see in particular specific objectives 1 to 6 and 8 in the Mission ...
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ExpectedOutcome:Activities under this topic respond directly to the goal of the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe' of setting up 100 living labs and lighthouses by 2027 to lead the transition to healthy soils by 2030. It supports the Soil Mission specific objectives, in particular the following ones: 3 “No net soil sealing and increase the reuse of urban soils”, 4 “Reduce soil pollution and enh...
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Development of high spatial-resolution monitoring approaches and geographically-explicit registry for carbon farming
EC - Horizon Europe
ExpectedOutcome:Activities under this topic will help to progress towards the objectives of the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, in particular specific objective 2 “Conserve and increase soil organic carbon stocks”. Activities will also support the proposed Carbon Removal Certification (CRC) Framework (including through collaboration with the Commission’s Expert Group on Carbon Removals) [1], the...
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Harnessing the multifunctional potential of soil biodiversity for healthy cropping systems
EC - Horizon Europe
ExpectedOutcome:Activities under this topic contribute to the implementation of the Mission A Soil Deal for Europe’ [1] in particular to its specific objective 4 "reduce soil pollution and enhance restoration" and 6 "improve soil structure to enhance soil biodiversity” dealing with the most urgent soil health challenges. Activities will also contribute to the targets of the EU biodi...