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Expected Outcome:Indicative duration of the project(s) to be funded: 36 monthsQualitative and quantitative indicators: The number of collaboration activities, the scale-up achieved by SMEs in terms of volume increase and/or measurable process improvements (e.g. higher yields, lower costs), and the number of SMEs supported overall.Scope:This call will fund projects within the bioeconomy, with a special focus on biotech applied in the food sector. The projects aim at boosting collaboration between biotech clusters, creating a critical mass able to compete with global hubs. Projects will have to actively support their SMEs developing innovative products made with bio solutions, especially to scale-up from the laboratory to pilot- and commercial scale, and explore the best options to provide regulatory support to help bring those products to the market.Projects should focus on the agri-food...

Expected Impact:Individual Level:The grants should lead to a documented, significant, and measurable increase in the permitting management capacity of the beneficiary authority.Project Level:Achieve a significant acceleration of the impacted permitting processes for beneficiaries.Deploy state-of-the-art software solutions for most impacted authorities in in net- zero acceleration valleys. Scope:The call for proposals is aimed at local authorities involved in industrial permitting procedures. These procedures typically encompass a range of permits necessary for ensuring compliance with environmental, safety, and operational standards. Examples include Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for projects with potential environmental effects, Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permits for pollution management, and various construction and operational permits. The direct award...

Expected Impact:The present call for proposals is expected to support the setting up of approximately 14 CBCP in accordance with the Regulation. Expected Outcome:Setting up of 14 Cross-Border Coordination Points, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2025/925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2025 on a “Border Regions’ instrument for development and growth (BRIDGEforEU)”, involving approximately 14 Member States of the European Union. Objective:The present call aims at supporting the operational setting up of CBCP, in the framework of BRIDGEforEU. Its main objective is to facilitate MS in the process of setting up said points, by providing financial support. The applicants to the present call should present proposals describing the process of operational setting up of CBCP. Article 4(2) of the Regulation allows for neighbouring MS to create “joint cross-border coordinat...

EYE 2027 - ORGANISATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF THE EYE VILLAGE

Expected Impact:Live performances by contest winners at EYE2027 in Strasbourg.Active youth engagement through participation in the online contest and votingIncreased interaction between participants and local youth. Objective:Support and promote emerging EU artists and increase their visibility.Engage EYE participants and local youth in discovering new European talent.Raise awareness on the contribution of music to the European Union. Scope:Organise 2-day music programme for EYE 2027 in StrasbourgDesign and run an EU-wide online contest (artist submissions + youth voting) to select performers.Coordinate the coaching, facilitation, and on-site coordination for winners of the contest.

Expected Impact:Projects are expected to deliver results aligned with the expected results set out below and to evidence their contribution through dedicated KPIs defined in the proposal. Expected results include:• tangible capacity increases in EU-based production of the targeted energetic components, with demonstrated contribution to competitiveness;• improved resilience & geographical distribution of supply, reducing single points of failure for energetic materials and related industrial services;• strengthened availability and security of supply for priority defence product production lines, commensurate with identified risks and exposure to the risk of materialisation of conventional military threats;• and measurable lead-time reductions, establishment or availability of reserved capacity where applicable, and workforce trained to operate and sustain the reinforced production lines....

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to all the following outcomes:Strong and sustainable collaboration frameworks between Ukrainian and European research infrastructures, supporting joint research initiatives.An early phase implementation plan for the reconstruction and upgrade of Ukrainian research infrastructures, aligning with the priorities of the ERA Policy Agenda.Remote access of Ukrainian researchers and innovators to European research infrastructures, allowing them to participate in scientifically excellent projects across various fields and enhancing their integration into the ERA.Remote fellowships for researchers based in Ukraine for research activities related to scientific instrumentation and advanced methods in collaboration with European research infrastructures. Effective systems for monitoring and evaluating the progress and impact of integration...

Expected Outcome:Projects are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes:Specialised training provided to the staff managing research infrastructures of European interest, enhancing the skills of RI research infrastructure staff as regards planning future operations and engaging with their various user communities and stakeholder groups (including funding agencies, academia, industry).Broader understanding of the EU research infrastructures policy, the possibilities for transnational access and the basics of international research infrastructures cooperation, be it via ERIC creation and development or other governance models.Shared understanding of the possibilities and potential offered by EU policies and funding instruments, improving the impact of research infrastructures and enhancing European scientific capacities. The completion of the training programme should l...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to several of the following expected outcomes:New or enhanced, effective cooperation of European research infrastructures with key international partners;Strengthened position of European research infrastructures in the global research infrastructure landscape;Increased opportunities for the development of global research infrastructures, including proposals expanding the geographical coverage of ongoing collaborations;Increased capacity to address societal challenges with a global dimension, including collaborations in areas such as environmental monitoring or health;Reinforced global competitiveness and performance of the European Research Area. Scope:This topic aims at supporting the cooperation of pan-European research infrastructures with their international (non-European) counterparts, and/or fostering the international en...

Expected Outcome:Projects are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes:support to planning and decision making for research infrastructures at the national (e.g. funding bodies, governments) and European level (e.g. ESFRI) through solid science cases, including expected scientific breakthrough, gaps analyses and feasibility/design studies for future research infrastructures or major upgrades or extensions of existing ones;a better alignment of the development of the European research infrastructure landscape with the advancements of excellent science, frontier research and technology innovation;increased performance, scientific capacity and excellence of the European research infrastructure landscape;new services and access opportunities available to the research community, allowing to better tackle scientific and societal challenges, notably in support of strategic...

Expected Outcome:Increased adoption of open science and research data management practices in line with the FAIR principles by researchers and across research infrastructures (RIs) in Europe.Increased uptake of the EOSC Federation by researchers through the long-term sustainable provision in the Federation of scientific services and high-quality, FAIR research data, and their integration in scientific workflows addressing current gaps and needs of research communities.Research communities, as well as ESFRI and other European research infrastructures increase their alignment with EOSC standards and policies, and their capacity to integrate in the EOSC Federation. Scope:This topic aims to further increase across Europe the adoption of open science and research data management practices in line with the FAIR principles, and to support the development of a user-focused and science-driven EOS...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:Countries, research communities and institutions are equipped with data sovereignty frameworks harmonised within EOSC and aligned with EU legislation and international agreements.Improved mechanisms and solutions for effective control over sensitive data and for enabling lawful data use and sharing across EU member states, scientific disciplines and third countries with EU adequacy decision in place.More harmonised guidelines, support and training to researchers and data stewards on applying EU and national legislation and international agreements for data access, sharing, reuse, licensing and associated services within EOSC.Increased interoperability with relevant solutions of other European data spaces for secure data management and processing. Scope:Research data sovereignty refers to the possibility...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to several of the following expected outcomes:better structured and strengthened European research infrastructure landscape;new services available to a wider user community, including participants in other parts of Horizon Europe, allowing to better tackle scientific and societal challenges;increased capacity to address EU policy priorities and/or socio-economic challenges;reinforced global competitiveness of the European Research Area;reduction of environmental (including climate-related) impacts as well as optimisation of resource and energy consumption integrated through the full life cycle of research infrastructures;increased long-term sustainability of European research infrastructures. Scope:This topic targets the consolidation of the EU research infrastructures landscape through the support, together with the countries t...

Expected Outcome:Improved security and preparedness for the Union and more disaster resilient society facing the adverse effects of climate change;Improved capacity of key users and decision-makers to anticipate, mitigate and contain risks at the vulnerable societal sectors at the intersection of climate change, environment and security;Further development of the data lab infrastructure around Destination Earth in line with the AI continent Action Plan[1] Scope:Climate change has both direct and indirect consequences to the security of our societies. To be able to address the intricate connections between climate change and security to various impact sectors, Europe needs to be equipped with adequate tools, technologies and methods that enable addressing these complex issues and exploit the recent advances in AI, high-performance computing and other new digital technologies.Digital twins...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to several of the following expected outcomes:enhanced scientific competitiveness of European research infrastructures;enhanced research infrastructure capacity to address research challenges and EU policy priorities;increased greening and resilience of research infrastructures;increased efficiency of research infrastructures through digitalisation;increased collaboration of research infrastructures with universities, research organisations and industry, fostering an innovation ecosystem that provides the foundations for the development of innovative companies and startups while considering EU technological sovereignty;fostering the uptake of innovation outside the scientific research market, through co-development with industry of advanced technologies for research infrastructures;integration of research infrastructures into lo...

Expected Outcome:A state-of-the-art EBRAINS digital infrastructure for brain research, providing data, digital tools and services to the European research communities in neurosciences, brain medicine, and brain-inspired technologies. The platform will be powered by AI and will integrate innovative AI tools to support intuitive interaction with users, facilitate brain research, data analysis, simulations and modelling of the brain, and support FAIR data indexing and archival to scale-up data integration and curation.New services and applications for neuroscience, brain health and cognitive technologies, aligned with national and European research priorities. Workflows that connect and integrate large sets of data, services and tools available at EBRAINS will be in the focus in combination with access to large storage and compute resources.Innovative brain-inspired AI tools, that are based...

Expected Outcome:Policy contribution, impact and visibility of research infrastructures of European interest, by large thematic domain, to relevant EU policy and priority initiatives, including beyond research, at national, regional, European and global level.Improved coordination, complementarities, and where applicable, interoperability, harmonisation, integration and synergies among research infrastructures within large thematic domains and, where relevant, across domains.A European portfolio of R&I services of European interest, supported by a common front page and few single-entry point access portals, integrated or interoperable catalogues of R&I services and converging access conditions and selection procedures, strengthening the European landscape of ESFRI-prioritised infrastructures and other world-class research infrastructures by large thematic domains.Increased awareness, fin...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to several of the following expected outcomes:European research infrastructures benefit from more robust risk management plans notably in the climate, biodiversity loss, pollution, health and social science domains and the risks related to access to critical data, equipment or facilities;European research infrastructures have implemented mitigation plans and, where needed, contingency plans for the most critical risks such as preservation of critical data, geographical coverage, alternative methods, tools, equipment, new or strengthened collaborations;EU and Member States are better informed on critical research infrastructures and critical R&I services and able to develop policy to preserve critical data, knowledge and capacities.The European Research Area benefits from more information about critical research infrastructures a...

Objective:Expected results:Improvement in the trans-national distribution of recent non-national European films.Increase in the investment in the production, acquisition, promotion, theatrical and online distribution of non-national European films.Develop links between the production and distribution sector thus improving the competitive position of non-national European films.Description of the activities:There are two phases for the funded activities:1. The generation of a potential fund which will be attributed according to the performance of the company on the European market.2. The implementation of the action - the potential fund thus generated by each company must be reinvested in:-minimum guarantees or advances paid for the international sales rights on eligible non-national European films;-the promotion, marketing and advertising on the market of eligible non-national European f...

Expected Outcome:Upon completion of the Action, the European HPC and AI ecosystems will be strengthened through an effective network of AI Factories supporting the adoption and use of HPC in the development of trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) by startups and SMEs, but also by the private and public sector in general, taking into account the specific needs of the local and national ecosystems. The coordinated network will facilitate synergies and assets reutilisation, support, training, staff exchange, knowledge transfer between, AIF+As, as well as prevent duplication of efforts.The Action will ensure the network of AIF+As will be embedded in an enhanced European AI/ HPC ecosystem with strong links to other European HPC, AI, and data initiatives (see above).Moreover, the Action will result in:Contribution to the realisation of the EuroHPC overall and specific objectives.A common g...

Expected Outcome:This call aims at strengthening the capacity of workers' organisations (both in Member States and candidate countries) to address, at EU/transnational level, challenges related to changes in employment and working conditions as well as challenges related to their effective participation in social dialogue. Definitions used in the context of this call: a) “Social partner organisation” is either an organisation representing workers – often also referred to as "trade union" – or an organisation representing employers. They engage in some form of "social dialogue", discussing and often negotiating such issues as wages, working conditions, training, etc. b) European-level social partner organisations (or “European-level social partners”): either organisations that are consulted in accordance with Article 154 TFEU (an up-to-date list can be found here) or other European social...

Objective:Protect and promote the right to the protection of personal data.

Expected Impact:The action is expected to generate the following impact:Strengthening growth skills through mentoring and curated peer learning on fundamental growth barriers such as inclusive work culture, organisation, talent attraction, international expansion, and funding.Increase the number and value of investments deals from strategic European and non-European, co-investments partners, such as public and private investors (including National Promotional Banks and Institutions or/and Regional Banks that provide late-stage investment), including funding through initial public offerings (IPOs) and acquisitions of the participating companies.Increase the number and value of commercial deals from customers and through strategic partners, e.g. corporates, buyers, infrastructure and service providers, within EU as well as in foreign markets.Strengthening attractiveness to attract highly s...

Specific Challenge:Individual energy communities encounter different challenges, such as developing a successful governance structure that is sufficiently inclusive and involves different types of actors, carrying out an effective business model and embedding activities within the structure and management of the European Commission to territorial regional and/or local plans (e.g., Just Transition Plans, Climate City Contracts, etc.). By rewarding Energy Communities’ innovative governance structure and management of a RET, the prize aims to inspire other Energy Communities to improve their operations and implementation activities and to foster innovativeness in the compliance of climate goals. In addition, this prize will also serve as inspiration and example to other types of communities to become an energy one, accelerating the pace for the ones that are already being formed/developed....

Expected Impact:The expected impact of the supported project include:• significantly improved security and resilience of the EU backbone networks;• strengthened quality of connectivity within the Union as well as with third countries;• capacity, security and resilience of the overall backbone network infrastructure benefit all EU end-users;• benefits surpass those directly related to the individual supported projects and contribute to bridging the digital divide and ensuring widespread access to the Gigabit networks for all EU end-users and businesses.Key performance indicators for this topic will include: i) the total length of the backbone, and ii) the additional (significant) transmission capacity created as a result of the projects supported by CEF. For submarine cables the number of fibre pairs, the current capacity per fibre pair, as well as the technology chosen and whether the sy...