{"id":2294,"date":"2025-02-05T11:46:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syntropie.eu\/?p=2294"},"modified":"2025-04-08T15:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:52:28","slug":"horizon-europe-in-a-nutshell-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syntropie.eu\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/horizon-europe-in-a-nutshell-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Horizon Europe: In a nutshell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horizon Europe (HE) is the European Union\u2019s (EU) key research and innovation funding programme running until 2027.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The programme\u2019s main objectives are to tackle climate change, achieve the UN\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals and boost the EU\u2019s competitiveness and growth.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To achieve these, the EU developed an ambitious funding programme to support the diffusion of knowledge and technologies in public-private partnerships, potentiating collaboration and advancing research and innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HE funds are distributed by the European Commission or by specific European agencies, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">depending on the part of the programme to which the project belongs. The HE is organised into 3 pillars and one transversal component.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2255 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/syntropie.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HE-1024x485.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/syntropie.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HE-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/syntropie.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HE-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/syntropie.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HE-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/syntropie.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HE-1536x728.png 1536w, https:\/\/syntropie.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HE.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Pillar I: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">includes programmes that fund research and development projects, directly supporting researchers (ERC, MSCA and Research Infrastructures). (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/op.europa.eu\/en\/publication-detail\/-\/publication\/27473ee8-ce53-11eb-ac72-01aa75ed71a1\/language-en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More info<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pillar II: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fosters research and innovation actions (RIA) or innovation actions (IA) that aim to tackle societal challenges by boosting technologies and solutions for specific areas\/clusters. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/op.europa.eu\/en\/publication-detail\/-\/publication\/af30723e-f4ce-11eb-aeb9-01aa75ed71a1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More Info<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pillar III: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">focus on supporting the development of innovations and enhancing European innovation ecosystems (e.g. Pathfinder, Transition). (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/op.europa.eu\/en\/publication-detail\/-\/publication\/377dbf20-b91d-11eb-8aca-01aa75ed71a1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More info<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Transversal component:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> includes programmes that aim to support the development of research and innovation capabilities of member states that perform lower in research and innovation (e.g. Twining, COST Actions) (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rea.ec.europa.eu\/funding-and-grants\/horizon-europe-widening-participation-and-spreading-excellence_en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More info<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two additional programmes, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu\/funding\/funding-opportunities\/funding-programmes-and-open-calls\/horizon-europe_en#:~:text=European%20Defence%20Fund%20website\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Defence Fund,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which focuses on defence research and development, and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu\/funding\/funding-opportunities\/funding-programmes-and-open-calls\/horizon-europe\/euratom-research-and-training-programme_en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Euratom<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Programme, a complementary programme on nuclear fusion and fission research and training.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Work Programmes\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HE has been divided into Work Programmes (WP) that define the funding opportunities in a specific period. The main work programme covers part of Pillar I (MSCA and Research Infrastructures), all clusters of Pillar II, the European Innovation Ecosystems under Pillar III and the transversal component.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WP for 2025 is currently being finalised and is expected to be released at the end of March or the beginning of April. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu\/funding\/funding-opportunities\/funding-programmes-and-open-calls\/horizon-europe\/horizon-europe-work-programmes_en#feedback-opportunity-for-the-2025-work-programme\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More info<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Missions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the novelties of HE was the introduction of the EU Missions. These were established by the EU to pool the necessary resources, in terms of funding programmes, regulations and policies, and tackle some of the greatest global challenges. By mobilising the general public and the private sector to create concrete solutions EU aims to boost societal uptake and enhance their impact.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu\/funding\/funding-opportunities\/funding-programmes-and-open-calls\/horizon-europe\/eu-missions-horizon-europe\/adaptation-climate-change_en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adaptation to Climate Change: support at least 150 European regions and communities to become climate resilient by 2030<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu\/funding\/funding-opportunities\/funding-programmes-and-open-calls\/horizon-europe\/eu-missions-horizon-europe\/eu-mission-cancer_en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cancer: working with Europe&#8217;s Beating Cancer Plan to improve the lives of more than 3 million people by 2030 through prevention, cure and solutions to live longer and better<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu\/funding\/funding-opportunities\/funding-programmes-and-open-calls\/horizon-europe\/eu-missions-horizon-europe\/restore-our-ocean-and-waters_en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu\/funding\/funding-opportunities\/funding-programmes-and-open-calls\/horizon-europe\/eu-missions-horizon-europe\/climate-neutral-and-smart-cities_en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu\/funding\/funding-opportunities\/funding-programmes-and-open-calls\/horizon-europe\/eu-missions-horizon-europe\/soil-deal-europe_en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Soil Deal for Europe: 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition towards healthy soils by 2030<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For each mission, a portfolio of actions, which includes policy measures, legislative initiatives, specific funding shemes and research projects, was created to achieve measurable goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2256 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/syntropie.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EUMissions-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/syntropie.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EUMissions-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/syntropie.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EUMissions-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/syntropie.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EUMissions-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/syntropie.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EUMissions-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/syntropie.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/EUMissions.jpg 1984w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.0625rem;\">Do you have a project?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.syntropie.eu\/\"><strong>Syntropie<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is an invaluable partner for EU-funded projects, providing expertise in project management as well as communication, dissemination, and exploitation actions. 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