Work Programmes 2023-24 of the Horizon Europe – new opportunities for R&D&I

Horizon Europe News

On 6 December 2022, the European Commission has published the main Work Programmes 2023-24 of the Horizon Europe, the largest EU research and innovation funding program for 2021-2027. Competitions for a total amount of EUR 13.5 billion will be announced over the next two years, as part of the Work Programmes 2023-24. Each of the Work Programs contain information on topics, budgets and schedules of competitions for research and innovation projects.

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As part of the broader EU €95.5 billion research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe, this funding will contribute to the EU reaching its climate goals, increasing energy resilience, and developing core digital technologies. It will also address targeted actions to support Ukraine, boost economic resilience and contribute to a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It will help to achieve a stronger European research and innovation ecosystem, including through wider participation of researchers and innovators across Europe, greater mobility, and funding for world class research infrastructures. 

The publication covers the following funding lines:

  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
  • Research Infrastructures
  • the 6 thematic Clusters
  • EU Missions
  • European Innovation Ecosystems
  • Widening participation and strengthening the ERA
  • European Innovation Council (EIC)

The European Research Council (ERC) work programme for 2023 was already published in July this year (link). The ERC Work Programme 2024 is expected in summer 2023, while ERC Council decided on changes to the ERC’s application forms and evaluation procedures for the 2024 calls (link).

For 2023 – 2024, for the first time, a larger share of the topics in the thematic clusters will also be advertised with lump-sum funding. For these calls for proposals, special conditions apply, including a higher page limit for the proposals.

The PolSCA points out that the lump-sum methodology will also be used extensively across the the Widening part of the WP, in which only institutions from the so-called widening countries become project coordinators. Examples of these calls include:

·         Twinning Bottom-Up

·         Twinning Grean Deal

·         European Excellence Initiative (EEI)

·         ERA Chairs

·         ERA Talents

More information on Lump sum funding in Horizon Europe on Funding & tender opportunities – including guidances, viedeos from online workshops organzied by the EC and FAQ.

In some calls for proposals in Clusters 1, 4 and 6, the “blind evaluation pilot” is implemented as part of a two-stage application procedure. Applicants submitting a pre-proposal for the topics marked in this way are not allowed to include the names, acronyms, logos, etc. of their institutions or names of persons involved in the proposal in part B. Details on the pilot can be found in the General Annexes to the work programme (parts E and F).

The first calls for proposals of the work programme were already published in December 2022 Currently (January 2023), 768 competitions from Work Programs 2023-24 are announced on the Funding & Tenders portal, of which 352 competitions have the status of open competitions, and another 416 competitions – the status of upcoming competitions.

In January 2023, the European Commission will offer online information events on the upcoming calls for proposals in the individual parts of the programme. Further information is available on this websites:

17 – 18 January 2023 – CL2 – Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Societies

17 – 18 January 2023 – EU Missions

19 – 20 January 2023 – CL1 – Health

Moreover, various materials concerning information sessions organised in December 2022 were made availabe:

If you have any questions about the new work programmes and the various parts of the Horizon Europe programme, please do not hesitate to contact the PolSCA team or relevant experts at the National Contact Pont Poland.

In the following, we have compiled an brief overview of information on the main destinations and calls for proposals of the work programme in the respective programme parts:

  • Cluster 1 “Health”
    • Staying healthy in a rapidly changing society
    • Living and working in a health-promoting environment
    • Tackling diseases and reducing disease burden
      • Establishing of the European Partnership on One Health Anti-Microbial Resistance
      • Establishing of the European Partnership on Rare Diseases
    • Ensuring access to innovative, sustainable and high-quality health care
      • Establishing of the European Partnership on Personalised Medicine
    • Unlocking the full potential of new tools, technologies and digital solutions for a healthy society
    • Maintaining an innovative, sustainable and globally competitive health industry
  • Cluster 2 “Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Societies”
    • Democracy and governance
    • Cultural heritage
    • Social and economic transformations
  • Cluster 3 “Civil Security for Society”
    • Better protect the EU and its citizens against Crime and Terrorism, 
    • Effective management of EU external borders, 
    • Resilient Infrastructure, 
    • Increased Cybersecurity
    • Disaster-Resilient Society for Europe,
    • Strengthened Security Research and Innovation.
  • Cluster 4 “Digital, Industry and Space”
    • Climate neutral, circular and digitised production
    • Increased autonomy in key strategic value chains for resilient industry
    • World leading data and computing technologies
    • Digital and emerging technologies for competitiveness and fit for the Green Deal
    • Open strategic autonomy in developing, deploying and using global space-based infrastructures, services, applications and data
    • A human-centred and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies.
  • Cluster 5 “Climate, Energy and Mobility”
    • Climate sciences and responses for the transformation towards climate neutrality
    • Cross-sectoral solutions for the climate transition, incl.:
      • Batteries (Batt4EU) Partnership calls
      • Driving Urban Transition (DUT) Co-funded Partnership calls
    • Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply
    • Efficient, sustainable and inclusive energy use, incl. Built4People Partnership calls
    • Clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes, incl.:
      • Zero Emissions Road Transport (2ZERO) Partnership calls
      • Zero Emissions Waterborne Transport (ZEWT) Partnership calls
    • Safe, Resilient Transport and Smart Mobility services for passengers and goods, incl. Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) Partnership calls
  • Cluster 6 “Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment”
    • Biodiversity and ecosystem services
    • Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption, incl. establishing of several new partnerships:
      • European partnership on accelerating farming systems transition (agroecology living labs and research infrastructures)
      • European partnership on animal health and welfare
      • European partnership on sustainable food systems for people, planet and climate
    • Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors
    • Clean environment and zero pollution
    • Land, ocean and water for climate action
    • Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities
    • Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal, incl. establishing of the European partnership of Agriculture of Data
  • EU Missions
    • Adaptation to Climate Change – Demonstration of climate resilience solutions in support of the implementation of the Adaptation to Climate Change Mission
    • Cancer – Research and Innovation actions supporting the implementation of the Mission on Cancer
    • Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030 – Actions for the implementation of the Mission Restore our ocean and waters by 2030
      • Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity
      • Sustainable, carbon-neutral and circular Blue economy
      • Digital Ocean and Water Knowledge System, public mobilisation and engagement, dynamic investment ecosystem
    • 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030
      • Research and Innovation actions to support the implementation of the Climate-
        neutral and Smart Cities Mission
      • Associating Ukrainian cities to the Climate-neutral and smart cities Mission
    • A Soil Deal for Europe – Research and Innovation and other actions to support the implementation of mission A Soil Deal for Europe
    • Joint Missions calls
      • Call – Demonstration of climate mitigation and resilience solutions in support of the implementation of the Adaptation to Climate Change and Cities Missions
      • Call – Demonstration of climate mitigation and resilience solutions in support of the implementation of the Adaptation to Climate Change, Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030 and A Soil Deal for Europe Missions
      • Call – Mission Ocean & waters and Mission 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

Source: European Commission and EU Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations KoWi


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