Next generation testing capabilities in strategic EU wind tunnels

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Code: 37126 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2025-04-D5-08 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

The new mission letter to the Commissioner-designate for start-ups, research and innovation called for a new long-term strategy to strengthen European research infrastructures, recognising the need to further strengthen European research and technology linked to strategic facilities, as these can make a significant contribution to the competitiveness of the European economy.

Accelerating the circular transformation of the EU automotive industry

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Code: 37123 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2025-04-D5-07 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

Identify stakeholders and industrial sectors and implement all necessary measures for direct participation:

• Support stakeholder communities throughout the value chain life cycle from European to regional level;
• Mapping of ongoing projects and reconstruction processes and analysis of existing industrial strategies and roadmaps within the automotive value chain;
• Design and implementation of a robust stakeholder engagement process.

Strategies, tools and concepts for optimised road Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) long-haul logistics use cases (2ZERO Partnership)

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Code: 37120 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2025-04-D5-06 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

It is expected that by 2030 there will be around half a million HD-BEVs on European roads.

However, the current market application of these vehicles is largely limited to transport operations with limited range and significant repeatability.

To expand their use, various strategies and applications for scalability need to be explored and validated based on real-world data from logistics operators.

Road Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) optimised user-centric solutions for energy efficiency design and consistent range throughout weather conditions (2ZERO Partnership)

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Code: 37117 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2025-04-D5-05 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

Maintaining the advantages of appropriately sized batteries in terms of affordability of BEVs, material and energy savings, whilereducing the impact of occasional extreme weather conditions on the autonomy of both LDVs and LCVs, especially during long journeys, requires innovative systemic approaches to thermal management.

Finding solutions that adequately balance user needs, technical effort and vehicle affordability requires user research (e.g. user acceptance, preferences and vehicle usage scenarios) to define relevant targets and criteria for innovation in thermal management systems and technologies.

Extended lifetime of road Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) (2ZERO Partnership)

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Code: 37113 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2025-04-D5-04 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

Currently, the value of a vehicle is mainly determined by its mileage and age, underestimating the actual residual value.

However, the true residual value of a BEV and its components should contribute to the implementation of circular economy (CE) strategies beyond classical shredding, such asreuse, remanufacturing and recovery of valuable materials.

The residual value is determined by ageing and degradation during the use phase, repair and maintenance measures, vehicle operation and also by the specific CE design.

Safe post-crash management of road Light Duty Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) (2ZERO Partnership)

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Code: 37110 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2025-04-D5-03 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

In addition to protection during the collision, the post-crash phase, immediately after the collision, is critical to the consequences of a road accident.

Vehicle fires are a major problem in this post-crash phase. Although there are many similarities with fires in internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV) fires, electric vehicle battery fires pose a number of new challenges for emergency responders and everyone who handles electric vehicles post-accident, including towing, repair, storage, rescue and destruction operations.

Cybersecure and resilient road e-mobility ecosystem (2ZERO Partnership)

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Code: 37107 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2025-04-D5-02 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

The systems approach to electromobility implies the interconnection of different electromobility actors with technologies(electric vehicles, electric vehicle charging stations) and electromobility users, but also the creation of communication interfaces between electromobility/energy actors through different ICT systems, front-end and back-end systems.

Efficient wireless stationary bidirectional charging solutions for road Light Duty Vehicles (2ZERO Partnership) – Societal Readiness Pilot

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Code: 37104 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2025-04-D5-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

 Wireless stationary charging for light road vehicles can be a solution tominimize interference of charging infrastructure, which is critical in urban environments.

In addition, it can offer the electric vehicle user a hands-free charging mode, which is particularly beneficial for people with disabilities or other impairments.

Open grounds for pre-commercial procurement of innovative security technologies

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Code: 37101 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-03 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/06/2025 | End submission calls: 12/11/2025

End-users and public procurers from several countries are invited to submit proposals for a preparatory action that should build the grounds for a future Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) action. Both this preparatory action and the future PCP action are open to proposals oriented to the acquisition of Research and Development (R&D) services for the development of innovative technologies, systems, tools or techniques to enhance border security, to fight against crime and terrorism, to protect infrastructure and public spaces, and/or to make societies more resilient against natural or human-made disasters.

Open topic on prevention, detection and deterrence of various forms of crime and terrorism through an enhanced understanding of the related societal issues

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Code: 37097 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-02 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/06/2025 | End submission calls: 12/11/2025

Under the open topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions for improving the prevention, detection and deterrence of various forms of crime or terrorism/radicalisation through an enhanced understanding of the related societal issues. These challenges and/or solutions should not be covered by topics of Horizon Europe Calls Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2023-2024. If they relate to some of the topics covered by Horizon Europe Calls Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2021-2022, the proposals should convincingly explain how they will build on and not duplicate them. The same applies regarding Horizon Europe projects under the calls HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-05: Evolution of political extremism, and HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-05: Gender-roles in extremist movements.

Substances of concern and emerging pollutants from bio-based industries and products: mapping and replacement

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Code: 37095 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

Preventing hazardous emissions at source is key to reach the 2030 pollution reduction targets, including substances of concern, very high concern and emerging pollutants (e.g., PFAS and endocrine disrupting chemicals) as defined in relevant pieces of legislation (e.g., REACH, ESPR, Batteries regulation).

Bio-based innovative solutions, also in line with the recent initiative on biotechnology and biomanufacturing and the industrial carbon management strategy, should be designed to provide the solutions to replace hazardous substances in industrial assets and in final products and materials.

Bio-based materials and products within the scope of this topic do not include food/feed, biofuels and bioenergy.

Accelerating uptake through open proposals for advanced SME innovation

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Code: 37092 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-04 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/06/2025 | End submission calls: 12/11/2025

Europe’s 25 million small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the EU economy. SMEs can bring innovation to societal challenges, including the security of EU citizens. Innovative SMEs and high-tech start-ups can transform and modernise EU security capabilities.

However, despite the innovation capacity of EU SMEs, these often experience difficulties in finding their way to the public markets. These include red tape in public contracts, access to new customers, access to finance, industrial competition and IP valorisation. These difficulties are exacerbated in markets that show restrictions of different kind, as it is the case of security.

Knowing that SMEs require additional support to reach the security buyers and that the collaboration opportunities offered by the projects of the Pillar II of Horizon Europe can be a catalyst for uptake, this topic aims to offer a collaborative environment for small and medium innovators to tailor their innovations to the specific needs of civil security end-users.

Living labs co-creating innovative solutions for forests and freshwater ecosystems restoration

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Code: 37087 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-01-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

 The European Climate Law requires Member States to adopt and implement national adaptation strategies and plans in which they should promote nature-based solutions and ecosystem-based adaptation.

It notably acknowledges that forests are carbon sinks, which contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, while ensuring that forests continue to grow and provide many other services.

STEP: Setting up facilities and production lines for manufacturing new innovative products/services

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Code: 37084 | Identifier Code: STEP/0625 | Programme name: 2799 | Start submission calls: 13/06/2025 | End submission calls: 05/09/2025

The aim of the STEP programme is to support enterprises in Cyprus to establish facilities and production lines for the development and manufacturing of innovative products and services, in line with the EC STEP Regulation.

International Call for Digital Europe Programme selected countries

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Code: 37076 | Identifier Code: Code4Europe | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 07/07/2025 | End submission calls: 07/09/2025

The EU Code Week Grants for Grassroots programme is a new initiative designed to foster digital innovation and coding education throughout Europe. The Code4Europe Consortium is setting up a grant scheme in order to foster grassroots activities and widen the support offered by EU Code Week in local ecosystems. JA Europe is currently inviting applications for grants to fund both the creation of new support hubs in selected countries and impactful local flagship activities in digital education, coding, and computational thinking.

Strengthening the resilience of water systems and water sector to climate and global socio-economic change impacts

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Code: 37072 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-CLIMATE-01-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

We are facing a triple interconnected global crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.

Water is at the heart of these challenges. We can no longer ignore the global water crisis. The global hydrological cycle is changing.

Over the last three consecutive years, we have also witnessed not only alarming droughts in many parts of the EU, reaching as far as the eastern and northern countries that had previously been spared, but also catastrophic incidents of pollution and deadly floods throughout Europe.

Developing agroecology living labs and lighthouses for climate action under the Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) partnership

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Code: 37069 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-FARM2FORK-05-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

Agroecology is a holistic approach based on using ecological processes and optimising them to support agricultural production .

By working more closely with nature and ecosystem services, it has the potential to increase the cyclicality, diversification and autonomy of farms, to address climate challenges while maintaining and enhancing biodiversity, and to promote the full transformation of agricultural systems and agricultural value chains, from input substitution and beyond.

Research and innovation for food waste prevention and reduction at household level through measurement, monitoring and new technologies

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Code: 37066 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-FARM2FORK-04-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

 Food waste is not only a moral and economic issue, but also a source of depletion of the limited natural resources of the environment.

Food waste has a huge environmental impact, accounting for around 16 % of total greenhouse gas emissions from the EU food system .

Therefore, by reducing food waste we can also contribute to the fight against climate change.

Making food systems more resilient to food safety risks through the deployment of technological solutions

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Code: 37063 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-FARM2FORK-03-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

Proposals must contribute to all of the following areas:

• in the areas of food safety and food fraud, many efforts have been made in the framework of European Framework Programmes to generate knowledge and potential applications.
• support innovation to drive advances in the food system, implementing digital and technological solutions at high TRL that address existing gaps in food safety and/or food fraud.
• Identify existing regulations and provide recommendations on which technologies could use sandboxes to drive future commercialization.

Open topic: Innovating for on-farm post-harvest operations, storage and transformation of crops into food and non-food products

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Code: 37060 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-FARM2FORK-02-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

Under this theme, proposals should test, develop and pilot innovative solutions to support farmers to improve their position in value chains, benefit from the valorisation of their agricultural products and improve their financial sustainability.

Proposals should improve the climate and environmental performance of the resulting farmers’ activities and businesses.