Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The approach followed under this topic, should foster the exploitation of exiting in situ data capacities to close observation gaps in combination with new observing infrastructure and innovative processing/modelling techniques. The proposed developments should be interoperable, modular and scalable, should support the automatization of different processes orchestration, and proposals should provide a proof-of-concept or a prototype that can be easily adapted by at least one of the Copernicus Services and / or an observing network or similar delivering critical in situ data to Copernicus.
Detailed Call Description
The areas of R&I to be explored to help addressed the above expected outcomes include:
- Facilitation and demonstration of efficient, methodologically sound and sustainable reuse of in situ data collected during field campaigns and experiments for validation of Copernicus data and information services.
- Development of innovative observation strategies and concepts to improve the observational capacity in selected data sparse areas. In the marine context, the gathering and qualification of acoustic observations to characterize marine ecosystems (e.g., micronekton) is an identified priority;
- Synergistic use of complementary types of surface observations, such as pCO2 and pH observations from research vessels, ships of opportunities and Argo to improve the estimation of air/sea fluxes of CO2;
- Application of machine learning technologies for the quality control of historic and real-time meteorological and hydrological in-situ observations;
Depending on the selected area(s), relevant data providers, observing network operators, research infrastructures, and sensor manufactures should be involved in the proposal to the extent possible.
New in situ observation techniques and sensors should be considered and innovative solutions should be proposed for data collection, processing, quality control, and automation including the use of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning to ensure robust and non-biased high added value datasets.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
EU Contribution: €2,00 million
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Space
Eligibility for Participation
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used)
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou Street, 1075 Nicosia
T.Th. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
+357 22205000
Email: support@research.org.cy
Dr Angelos Ntantos
Scientific Officer
Telephone: 35722205033
Email: antantos@research.org.cy
Dr Ioannis Theodorou
Scientific Officer
Telephone: 35722205038
Email: itheodorou@research.org.cy
(Publish Date: 29/12/2022-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
Εuropean Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/research-and-innovation_en#contact