In April 2024 the European Commission adopted an amendment to the Horizon Europe work program for 2023-25. The amendment means adding previously unallocated funds from Horizon Europe to increase its budget for calls in 2024 and to include new calls for proposals in 2025. Hence, the budget of the current work program has increased by nearly €1.4 billion to a total of €7.3 billion.
The largest injection of additional funding will be directed to the Missions, Teaming for Excellence and HE Pillar II calls in the Clusters: Health, Climate – Energy – Transportation and Food – Bioeconomy – Natural Resources – Agriculture – Environment.
The whole Work Programme for 2023-2025 is available here.
The first large additional round, amounting to nearly 650 million euros, is provided for Missions, which are a novelty introduced by Horizon Europe to provide concrete solutions to selected major European challenges. The Missions aim to promote innovation and attract external funding in the following five areas:
1. Cancer,
2. Adaptation to climate change including social transformation,
3. Oceans and waters,
4. Soil,
5. Climate-neutral and smart cities.
Calls for the first three missions opened on April 18, and the closing of calls is September 18, 2024.
In the Climate Neutral and Smart Cities mission the calls will be opened from September 17, 2024 to January 16, 2025, and in the Soil mission from May 8 to October 8, 2024.
The Work Program for the Missions is available here.
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In order to provide information on upcoming calls, the European Commission organized Info days on April 25 and 26, with the recordings available here.
On 12 June 2024, at 11:00, you may join an on-line seminar on creating living labs within Soil Mission. More information on the event organized by the Polish NCP here.
In the First Pillar of HE – Excellent Science – the Work Program update also introduces a calendar of competitions for 2024 and 2025 within Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions with a combined budget of more than €2.1 billion:
In 2024 there are calls for:
- MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 – otwarcie konkursów 23 kwietnia 2024, zamknięcie 11 września 2024, budżet: 417 mln euro
- MSCA Doctoral Networks 2024 – otwarcie konkursów 29 maja 2024, zamknięcie 27 listopada 2024, budżet: 608 mln euro
- MSCA Staff Exchanges 2024 – otwarcie konkursów 10 października 2024, zamknięcie 5 marca 2025, budżet: 81 mln euro
- MSCA COFUND 2024 – otwarcie konkursów 23 kwietnia 2024, zamknięcie 26 września 2024, budżet: 104 mln euro
While for 2025 we can expect calls for:
- MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 – opening of calls April 9, 2025, closing September 10, 2025, budget: 274 million euros.
- MSCA Doctoral Networks 2025 – opening of calls May 28, 2025, closing November 25, 2025, budget: 458 million euros.
- MSCA Staff Exchanges 2025 – opening of calls March 27, 2025, closing October 7, 2025, budget: 83 million euros
- MSCA COFUND 2025 – opening of calls January 23, 2025, closing April 24, 2025, budget: €102 million.
It is worth noting the competition within the framework of MSCA4Ukraine, with funding increased by 10 million euros, which is planned to be re-launched on 14 June 2024 during a webinar devoted to the scheme. For more information, visit the dedicated MSCA4Ukraine website. Polish institutions can host researchers from Ukraine acting as host institutions.
The Work Program on MSCA is available here.
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On 7 June 2024 at 9:30 you may join the MSCA 2024 Call Info event on Doctoral Networks calls planned for 2024. More information on the event here.
Instrument MSCA4Ukraine will be officially re-launched and presented during a webinar held on 14 June 2024 at 2 p.m. CET. The registration is available here.
HE’s Second Pillar – Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness – has received a budget supplement of nearly €76 million and it applies to three clusters:
- Health (Cluster 1)
- Climate, energy and mobility (Cluster 5)
- Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment (Cluster 6)
Within Cluster 1, the work program includes 2 new topics added for 2024::
- HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-13-01 Implementation research for management of multiple long-term conditions in the context of non-communicable diseases (Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases – GACD).
- HORIZON-HLTH-2024-CARE-14-01 Pre-commercial procurement for environmentally sustainable, climate neutral and circular health and care systems.
The call for proposals runs until November 26, 2024. The Work Program for Cluster 1 – Health is available here, with an Info Day dedicated to these competitions on May 28 (more information).
In Cluster 5 as much as 34 new calls will be opened until the end of 2024, all of them within 4 cluster destinations:
- Destination 2. Cross-sectoral solutions for the climate transition – 3 calls – opening on May 7, deadline on September 7, 2024
- Destination 3. Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supplies – 13 calls – opening on September 2024, deadline on January 21, 2025
- Destination 4. Efficient, sustainable and inclusive energy use – 5 calls – opening on September 17, deadline on January 21, 2025
- Destination 6. Safe, resilient transport and smart mobility services for passengers and goods – 13 calls – opening on May 7, 2024, deadline September 7, 2024.
The work programme for Cluster 5 – Climate, energy and mobility is availabe here.
Cluster 6 offers 4 calls opening on May 8, 2024 with application deadlines on September 24 or 25, 2024:
- HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-02-1 New knowledge and innovations for climate-smart farming – connecting research stations
- HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-02-2 Closing the research gaps on Essential Biogeochemical Ocean Variables (EOVs) in support of global assessments
- HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-02-3 Overcoming barriers and delivering innovative solutions to enable the green transition
- HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-03-1 Spotlight on plant priority pest: fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)
The work programme for Cluster 6 – Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment is available here.
The Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area (WIDERA) program is offering two competitions as part of its budget increase:
– HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-TALENTS-03-01 open from April 25 with an application deadline of September 26, 2024.
The ERA Talents action aims to enhance the attractiveness of careers in the academic and non-academic sectors and improve the employability of research and innovation talents in various sectors. The measure’s center of gravity is the so-called Widening Countries. It fits in with the Union’s overall policy of promoting more attractive scientific careers.
The last competition scheduled for 2025 is the HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage: Teaming for Excellence with a budget allocation of €270 million and first-stage call dates between December 3, 2024 and April 10, 2025. This instrument aims to create or strengthen existing centers of excellence located in countries with low R&D productivity through partnerships with leading EU scientific institutions. The call opening at the end of 2024 will be the last teaming competition in Horizon Europe, and had to open on that date so that it would fit within the duration of the current framework program.
The entire Widening Work Program for 2023 – 2025 is available here.
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On 11 June 2024, at 10:00, you may join the Information Day and Practical Workshop on the use of the “Hop On Facility” tool organized by the Polish NCP. More information on the event here.
