Stimulating transnational research and development of next generation quantum technologies, including basic theories and components (Cascading grant with FSTP)

Code: 33793 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Projects are expected to contribute to the support of transnational projects in quantum technologies, fostering synergy between European, national and regional initiatives and promoting broader partnerships between the European stakeholders in quantum technologies.

Intellectual asset management support for public research organisations, academic institutions and their spin-offs (CSA)

Code: 33791 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-02-35 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 10/09/2024

To increase Europe’s capacity to convert high level scientific success into social and economic benefits a broad definition of entrepreneurship is needed. The aim of the action is to ensure the highest level of support for public research organisations in Europe including universities and their entrepreneurial agendas in order to improve access to and use of the knowledge assets very often created by public research funding.

Synergy with national and regional initiatives in Europe on Innovative Materials (CSA)

Code: 33789 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-02-36 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 10/09/2024

This topic focuses on synergy with national and regional initiatives in Europe on Innovative Materials (CSA).

Proposals should support the coordination between relevant national and regional public authorities funding research and innovation in 2DM-based technologies and advanced materials.

Advancing Large AI Models: Integration of New Data Modalities and Expansion of Capabilities (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 33767 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

This topic centres around the development of innovative multimodal large AI models, covering both the training of foundation models and their subsequent fine-tuning.

Proposals should address at least one of the following focus areas:

• the integration of innovative modalities of data for large AI models during training and inference. Examples of innovative modalities include event streams, structured data and sensor measurements. The incorporation of such new modalities could potentially bring unforeseen enhancements to model performance and enable their application in new domains like weather forecasting, robotics, and manufacturing.
• enhanced multimodal models that exceed the current state of the art, with either significantly improved capabilities or the ability to handle a larger number of modalities. This focus area also encompasses models capable of multi-modal output generation. Current large-scale multimodal models most commonly engage with only vision and language.

Digital Humanism - Putting people at the centre of the digital transformation (CSA)

Code: 33747 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Digital Humanism is here defined as the continuing search for a European answer to keep up high civilization standards stemming from enlightenment and the humanist era, and to further develop them in the digital world. Such a digital environment should enable all Europeans to make full use of digital and technologies, to have a society where geographical distance matters less, so that all Europeans can benefit from the digitalisation in their daily activities (ranging from work, learning, to enjoying culture or leisure activities) but also in their interactions with governments, and participation in democratic processes.

This requires intense, cross-disciplinary work of computer (and technology) sciences with legal, economic, sociological, philosophical and other kinds of expertise as a co-development exercise.

Developing and deploying a network of quantum gravimeters in Europe

Code: 33745 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

This topic is consetrated on the development of a network of quantum gravimeters in Europe.

Quantum gravimeters (gravity sensors) can deliver high-sensitivity, real-time, non-invasive gravity measurements, with much greater precision than classical gravimeters. They have started to demonstrate their disruptive potential in many application sectors, including Earth observation and civil engineering.

Support for transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic areas of Digital, Industry and Space (CSA)

Code: 33743 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-02-34 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 10/09/2024

This topic focuses on the support of transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic areas of Digital, Industry and Space (CSA).

Projects are expected to contribute to the Improved and professionalised NCP services across Member States and Associated Countries, supporting access to Horizon Europe calls, lowering the entry barriers for newcomers, and raising the average quality of proposals.

Explainable and Robust AI (AI Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 33739 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

To achieve robust and reliable AI, novel approaches are needed to develop methods and solutions that work under other than model-ideal circumstances, while also having an awareness when these conditions break down. To achieve trustworthiness, AI system should be sufficiently transparent and capable of explaining how the system has reached a conclusion in a way that it is meaningful to the user, enabling safe and secure human-machine interaction, while also indicating when the limits of operation have been reached.

Facilitate the engagement in global ICT standardisation development (CSA)

Code: 33737 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03-04 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

The aim is to reinforce the presence of EU and associated states experts in the global ICT standardisation scene, by setting up an ICT standardisation observatory and a facility supporting the participation of key European specialists (especially from SMEs, societal stakeholders and Academia) in key international and global Standard Developing Organisations. In particular, the project should foresee actions related to topics in the Rolling Plan for ICT standardisation as well as related to internet standardisation.

Space technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness

Code: 31702 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-73 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/11/2023 | End submission calls: 21/03/2024

This topic is focused on research and innovation to mature critical space technologies that currently have dependency issues for use in the EU space programme components and discussed within the frame of the European Commission-ESA-EDA Joint Task Force (JTF).

Quantum Space Gravimetry Phase-B study & Technology Maturation

Code: 31697 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-64 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/11/2023 | End submission calls: 21/03/2024

The final objective of this call is to prepare the next phases of the implementation of a Quantum Space Gravimetry (QSG) pathfinder mission. To achieve this objective, one proposal for a phase B study, as specified in ECSS‐M‐ST‐10C, leading to a preliminary definition of a quantum space gravimetry pathfinder mission, will be selected.

The focus of the QSG pathfinder mission shall be on the operation of a complete quantum accelerometer system and the detailed characterization of its performance in space.

Copernicus for Security

Code: 31695 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-36 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/11/2023 | End submission calls: 21/03/2024

Copernicus Security Services provide, today, a valuable contribution to civil security, law enforcement operations and crisis management in Europe as well as in support to its external actions. Technology and space capacities have been evolving significantly, creating opportunities for an increased outreach across a broader spectrum of related applications.

Member states are also calling to reinforce Copernicus to better contribute to resilience and security in support to civil security and to better react and recover from major upcoming crisis of various forms, such as population displacement due conflicts, impact of climate change or extreme weather phenomena at global or regional levels.

Copernicus for Land and Water

Code: 31693 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-35 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/11/2023 | End submission calls: 21/03/2024

This topic is focused on the enhancement of quality and efficiency of the Copernicus Land Monitoring service, including water, in order to respond to Green Deal policy and/or user requirements.

Quantum sensing and metrology for market uptake (IA)

Code: 31689 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-45 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

Proposals under this topic should address the development of mature quantum sensing technologies and single or network-operating devices that have the potential to find a broad range of new applications.

Pilot line(s) for 2D materials-based devices (RIA)

Code: 31687 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-31 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

Proposals under this topic should focus on the (co-)integration of 2DM with established technologies such as CMOS integration and heterogeneous integration.

Public recognition scheme for Open Source (CSA)

Code: 31685 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-23 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

The action should first develop a scheme including a list of fields related to Open Source. An indicative but non-exhaustive nor obligatory list of topics could include deep contributions to kernel code, brilliant utilization of open source in companies’ new developments.

Photonics Innovation Factory for Europe (Photonics Partnership) (IA)

Code: 31683 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-55 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

The aim of this topic is to provide a virtual factory with a flexible and open structure, allowing for a multiplicity of competitive actors and services operating as a sustainable fully integrated European ecosystem of cross-border deep innovation support in core photonics technologies for the benefit of European industry. The factory should lower the entry threshold to photonics and facilitate the broad uptake and integration of these technologies in new products and processes with high potential impact in the market and on society.

Smart photonics for joint communication & sensing and access everywhere (Photonics Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 31680 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-54 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

This topic is focused on smart photonics for joint communication, sensing and access everywhere.

Fundamentals of Software Engineering (RIA)

Code: 31678 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-22 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

The expected outcome of this topic are the software engineering methods, tools, and best practices leveraging, among others, novel AI and data technologies to accelerate the development and maintenance of software, including for multi-architecture systems, addressing in particular efficient and agile modelling, verification and validation, as well as vulnerability assessment and mitigation.

Industrial leadership in AI, Data and Robotics boosting competitiveness and the green transition (AI Data and Robotics Partnership)

Code: 31676 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-04 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

Proposals should demonstrate the added value of integrating either AI and Data, or AI, Data and Robotics technologies through large-scale validation scenarios reaching critical mass and mobilising the user industry, while demonstrating high potential impact contributing to the European Green Deal objectives.

Focus should be given to attracting new user industries, and/or showing new business opportunities to boost the uptake of AI, Data and Robotics in major sectors and stimulate the involvement where appropriate of end-users to define the technological barriers to uptake and the use cases for deployment.

Novel paradigms and approaches, towards AI-powered robots– step change in functionality (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA)

Code: 31673 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

For robots to be usefully and efficiently deployed to perform new activities in physical interaction with the real world requires an improvement in and expansion of the range of functionalities robots can deploy. This needs to take place in sectors where the capabilities of robots can be utilised to progress productivity in critical industries, support European industries essential for sovereignty and in sectors with high impact across Europe such as manufacturing, healthcare, agri-food, construction etc.

In particular the following major areas of functional performance need to be progressed to the next level of performance:

• significant enhancement of navigation capabilities in order to enhance mobility (underwater, on the ground, in the air, in the body, in areas difficult to reach, on rough terrain, in unpredictable environments, in areas including people or other moving agents, etc.), particularly in highly dynamic and complex environments.
• extension of manipulation capabilities to address:
  • large (of the order of metres to 10s of meters in scale), or heavy (of the order of 100kg to multiple 100kg )
  • or small objects of millimetre or centimetre scale, or smaller; ,
  • or of objects that are soft, deformable, articulated, delicate or hazardous objects;

Each of these require significant advances in precision, force, speed, re-planning, physical perception, grasping, manipulation (including bi-manual), etc.), in order to achieve beyond human capability in manipulation and dexterity.

Open Source for Cloud/Edge to support European Digital Autonomy (RIA)

Code: 31670 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-21 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

This topic is focused on the Open Source for Cloud/Edge in order to support European Digital Autonomy (RIA).

Exploration of critical raw materials in deep land deposits (RIA)

Code: 30211 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials[1] for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

This topic is focused on the exploration of critical raw materials in deep land deposits (RIA).

Biodegradable polymers for sustainable packaging materials (IA)

Code: 30209 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-35 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The topic is focused on biodegradable polymers for sustainable packaging materials (IA).

Turning CO2 emissions from the process industry to feedstock (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

Code: 30207 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-35 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The proposals submitted under this topic are expected to demonstrate the economic viability of the efficient capture and utilisation of CO/CO2 streams from point sources (e.g., large and medium industrial installations such as steel, cement, refining and chemical plants) converting the streams into added value chemicals and materials in near to production size systems.
The technologies proposed should support cross-sectorial concepts and sector integration.

Rare Earth and magnets innovation hubs (IA)

Code: 30204 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-08 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

Actions are expected to contribute to the implementation the EU action plan on Critical Raw Materials and the action plan on Rare Earth Magnets and Motors from the European Raw Materials Alliance.

Technologies for extraction and processing of critical raw materials (IA)

Code: 30201 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-11 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

This topic is focused on technologies for extraction and processing of critical raw materials.

Advanced biomaterials for the Health Care (IA)

Code: 30183 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-36 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic refers to the innovation market for Healthcare and Medicine, which affects many citizens and their needs. Several materials specifications and related innovations needs will support this topic such as renewable and recyclable materials, alternative active ingredients, design for circularity, lightweight materials.

Medical suppliers can commercialise injectable hydrogels, including those made of nanocomposite, natural and synthetic polymer-based biomaterials, bone cements, bio-ceramics and electronics.

Bio-intelligent manufacturing industries (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 30168 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The biological transformation of industry is a pioneering frontier that the industry of the Union and Associated Countries can harness to enhance circularity and sustainability, while advancing production efficiency and competitiveness. The biological transformation of industry involves the integration of bio-intelligent structures, processes, organisms or materials into technology by systematically applying knowledge from biology.

The focus of this topic is on manufacturing.
The development of materials beyond the manufacturing context is excluded.

Digital transformation and ensuring a better use of industrial data, which can optimise steel supply chains (Clean Steel Partnership) (IA)

Code: 30166 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-44 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on digital transformation, ensuring a better use of industrial data, which can optimise steel supply chains.

Development of safe and sustainable by design alternatives (IA)

Code: 30163 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-24 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The Commission initiative for Safe and Sustainable by Design sets a framework for assessing safety and sustainability of chemicals and materials and which should be considered as a reference in the proposal.

Proposals should develop one or more new chemical substances or materials to replace existing substances of concern with surfactant, flame retardant or plasticising functionalities for a chosen application. Proposals should address at least one industrial application. The new substances or materials shall be aligned with the Safe and Sustainable by Design framework, and demonstrate improved sustainability and a contribution to lower the impact on climate. The selected industrial application(s) should be in areas where substitution with safer and more sustainable solutions is not yet in place, or in progress.

This topic is focused on the development of safe and sustainable by design alternatives.

Manufacturing as a Service: Technologies for customised, flexible, and decentralised production on demand (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 30160 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic aims at further developing and integrating the technologies needed for the successful implementation of MaaS allowing to manufacture “on demand” a large choice of customised products, with high flexibility and short lead time, by using distributed facilities as a service and exploiting unused production capacities, also by rapid re-purposing of manufacturing machines.
The objective will be achieved through platforms for fast data exchange and seamless, data-driven, standards-based automation of inter-company processes beyond the factory boundaries.

CO2-neutral steel production with hydrogen, secondary carbon carriers and electricity OR innovative steel applications for low CO2 emissions (Clean Steel Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 30152 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-46 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The establishment of a clean steel market will be based upon decarbonisation of the steel making and production through the use of advanced and breakthrough technologies. The modification and change of production routes will have an impact onto the design of customised steel products and its applications in the market.

Proposals should aim at one of the following two aspects, corresponding respectively to the points 1) and 2) outlined under the expected outcomes section:

1. Proposals should relate to metal reduction processes using hydrogen, renewable electricity, and/or secondary carbon carriers, and/or to replace fossil fuels and reductants in steelmaking and in downstream processing in steel plants.
2. Proposals should address the conception and production of clean steel for use in established markets and/or in markets having specific demanding or harsh environments.

Addressing due diligence requirements in raw materials supply chains (CSA)

Code: 30149 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-10 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Knowledge in the area supply chain due diligence needs to be strengthened to limit complexity and enable a level playing field for responsible sourcing of raw materials.

This topic is addressing due diligence requirements in raw materials supply chains.

Optimisation of thermal energy flows in the process industry (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

Code: 30142 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-32 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The topic focuses on highly process-integrated technologies that allow heat recovery and use of high temperature installations. Heat storage, when needed, should be intermediary only.
One example could be the adaptation and integration of heat pumps for high temperature (150-250 °C) applications for large thermal capacity (~1-20 MW), but not only – examples could also encompass the direct use of excess heat by e.g., the adaptation and integration of advanced heat exchangers.

Breakthroughs to improve process industry resource efficiency (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA)

Code: 30140 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-41 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Process industries will greatly benefit from radically new approaches that will lead to a much higher resource efficiency (including higher selectivity), producing less low-value by-products and waste and enabling the handing of a higher feedstock variability, and ultimately leading to lower level of GHG emissions linked to the process industries. To reach ambitious targets regarding resource efficiency, disruptive process technologies must be developed in addition to process efficiency options for existing technologies.

This topic is focused on breakthroughs to improve process industry resource efficiency.

Enhanced assessment, intervention and repair of civil engineering infrastructure (RIA)

Code: 30138 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-12 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Regular maintenance and repair of civil engineering infrastructure extends their service life, which in turn reduces the need for their demolition and replacement and the related negative economic, environmental and climate impacts. However, it can be difficult and cumbersome to identify and address maintenance or repair needs, especially in locations that are difficult to access such as large or tall structures, deep shafts, or where elements are hidden from view. Intervention for maintenance and repair can also involve unnecessary risks to health and safety of workers.

This topic is focused on enhanced assessment, intervention and repair of civil engineering infrastructure.

Technologies/solutions to support circularity for manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 30129 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Manufacturing plays a key role in achieving the twin transition goal through enhancing circularity, facilitating decarbonisation whilst enhancing competitiveness.
Data pooling and sharing among sectors and across the whole value chain, as well as the use of external environmental impact data such as LCA-data, would facilitate recycling and remanufacturing, by modelling and monitoring the life cycle of products and components. To achieve that, there is a need to build trust by ensuring data exchange and interoperability across industry sectors and relevant stakeholders, while also focusing on aspects like data quality, cybersecurity, reliability, and accessibility.
The workforce should be engaged in the realization of circular approaches and the new manufacturing technologies.

This topic is focused on technologies/solutions to support circularity for manufacturing.

Hubs for circularity for industrialised urban peripheral areas (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

Code: 30127 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-38 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Urban areas with high volumes of waste (household and end of life consumer waste) should closely interact with adjacent industries to jointly minimize their CO2 footprint and improve their waste management, thus contributing together to the valorisation of secondary materials and overall circularity. The hubs for circularity (H4C) concept is a pathway to exploit local synergies for the deployment of innovative solutions engaging regional resource management actors in strategic nodes where novel value chains valorising a significant part of end-of-life wastes could connect within and across regions.

This topic aims to support the goals of the smart cities mission by contributing to a healthier urban industrial symbiosis through waste reduction.

Technologies for processing and refining of critical raw materials (IA)

Code: 30125 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-04 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on technologies for processing and refining of critical raw materials.

'Innovate to transform' support for SME's sustainability transition (CSA)

Code: 30123 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-41 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on the ‘Innovate to transform’ support for SME’s sustainability transition.
Achieving European Green Deal objectives, and notably a climate neutral and resource efficient economy, requires the full mobilisation of SMEs.
The action will build on and further connect existing EU specialised business support networks and centres – such as the Enterprise Europe Network, the European industry clusters registered under the European Cluster Collaboration Platform, Centres for Advanced Technologies for Industry.

Renewable hydrogen used as feedstock in innovative production routes (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 30121 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-34 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on the use of renwable hydrogen on feedstock in innovative production routes.

Hydrogen produced from renewable energy sources does not lead to direct carbon dioxide emissions when used and it can offer solutions to decrease GHG emissions in industrial processes. The integration of renewable hydrogen into new production routes as a feedstock will lead to major GHG emission reductions across several European industry sectors.
Currently, hydrogen is largely used in industrial sectors such as the chemical industries and refineries. Hydrogen could be used as reducing agent in the production and recovery of metals, biogenic and circular carbon optimisation or in new process routes to produce platform chemicals (e.g., carbon-based waste and side streams or biomass).

Technologies for processing and refining of critical raw materials (IA)

Code: 26434 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Actions under this topic should demonstrate new or improved systems integrating relevant processing and refining technologies for better recovery of raw materials from low grade and/or complex ores from extractive wastes, reduction of waste, higher energy efficiency. The actions should target minerals and metals, particularly critical raw materials.

Innovative technologies for sustainable and decarbonised extraction (RIA)

Code: 26431 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Actions under this topic should develop new sustainable concepts and technological solutions, including alternative approaches, for mining of complex or difficult to access mineral deposits, including mining wastes and abandoned mining sites, particularly addressing the challenges of accessibility, industrial viability, safety and environmental impacts, including water use and GHG intensity of extraction.

Coordination and knowledge sharing across materials development communities (CSA)

Code: 26428 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-39 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

There is a need to integrate and unify digital and materials competences and resources, including data, ontologies, characterisation and modelling, as well as robotics and machine learning, to accelerate the design, development, production and application of advanced materials with the desired manufacturing processes, properties, durability, and end of life. The lack of integration is a major challenge for the advanced materials design and development serving the innovation markets, including the related value chains. Such collaboration should be extended to the manufacturing industries and their digital marketplaces so that data and information to design new materials can be shared by all interested stakeholders in a faster way.

Expert network on Critical raw materials (CSA)

Code: 26423 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials (CRM) for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

Integrated approach for impact assessment of safe and sustainable chemicals and materials (RIA)

Code: 26420 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-22 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Proposals should aim to develop integrated approaches for the assessment of health and environmental impacts together with the social and economic sustainability aspects of a chemical or material, all along their life-cycle. The proposals should also aim to foster the acceptance and effective uptake of the developed approaches within different sectors.

Recyclability and resource efficiency of Rare Earth based magnets (IA)

Code: 26418 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-09 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.
Actions are expected to contribute to the implementation the EU action plan on Critical Raw Materials and the action plan on Rare Earth Magnets and Motors from the European Raw Materials Alliance.

Future Space Ecosystem and Enabling Technologies

Code: 26415 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-12 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

This topic aims at enabling efficient in-space services (e.g. maintenance, assembly, manufacture, logistics, warehousing and disassembly/reuse/recycling) by focussing on target-oriented development and qualification of innovative, game-changing technologies, key technology building blocks as well as new applications and services for the future space ecosystem.

Low cost high thrust propulsion for European strategic space launchers - technologies maturation including ground system tests

Code: 26410 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-21 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Copernicus for Atmosphere and Climate Change, including CO2

Code: 26408 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-31 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service evolution: the objective is to develop new and advanced modelling and data assimilation in CAMS global and regional systems in order to keep modelling and data assimilation aspects at the international state-of-the-art and benefit fully from ground-based and satellite observations, in particular from active remote-sensing networks with profiling capabilities (e.g. lidars, ceilometers, radars).

Copernicus Climate Change Service evolution: the objective is to develop innovative methodologies to characterise compound and cascading extreme weather events, including determining the potential frequency, intensity and impacts of these events in a changing climate.

The main objective of the research activities, is to perform R&D activities identified as priorities for the Copernicus CO2MVS capacity as identified by the European Commission’s CO2 monitoring Task Force

Copernicus for Marine Environment Monitoring

Code: 26405 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-34 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The objective is to implement an advanced and seamless monitoring and forecasting of the ocean from global/regional to coastal scales representative of high-resolution and high-dynamics phenomena (physics, biogeochemistry) to better constrain the coastal applications and models developed at national to local level for several applications.

Versatile light sources and systems as tools for manufacturing and medical application (Photonics Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 26401 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-53 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Proposals should address new versatile light sources and lasers, concept and systems for extended and new fields of applications.

Advanced imaging and sensing technologies (IA)(Photonics Partnership)

Code: 26397 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-57 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Innovative hardware and software approaches, or to explore novel techniques with potential to outperform the current standards.

Drivers and success factors for progress towards Industry 5.0 (RIA)

Code: 26395 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-52 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Fostering knowledge valorisation through societal and cultural interactions (CSA)

Code: 26393 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-33 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This action aims to strengthen and further develop existing or new schemes promoting arts-industrial technologies-citizens interactions, that increase uptake of new technologies and innovative solutions through better societal understanding and acceptance, as well as co-creation delivering economic and societal benefits. While arts and technology are the main drivers, citizens and communities are empowered to develop, test, co-create and share the benefits of new innovative solutions that address their needs.

R&I cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa (CSA)

Code: 26390 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-92 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

The scope of this topic fosters cooperation and prepare ground for joint research and innovation and raise greater awareness of R&I cooperation opportunities between the EU and sub-Saharan Africa.

Pilots for an innovative human-centric industry (RIA)

Code: 26388 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-51 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

The human-centric approach implies placing core human needs and interests at the heart of processes in industry, rather than taking the technology and its potential for increasing efficiency as a starting point.
A human-centric industry recognises and leverages the capabilities and creative potential of its workers through the synergistic combination with advanced (digital) technologies.

Affordable Housing District Demonstrator (IA)

Code: 26382 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-44 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Industrial symbiosis needs to be fostered amongst most relevant partners engaged in construction and renovation of social housing facilities. So the ultimate objective of the proposed action is to obtain a set of lighthouse affordable housing districts that each have followed a different approach, focussing on one or a combination of different innovative strands.

Bioinspired and biomimetic materials for sustainable textiles (IA)

Code: 26189 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-32 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

This topic refers to the innovation market for Sustainable Textiles and will support citizens and their needs. Several materials specifications and related innovations needs will support this topic such as renewable and recyclable materials, alternative active ingredients, design for circularity.

Intelligent data acquisition and analysis of materials and products in existing built works (RIA)

Code: 26183 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-11 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

There is a need to research new digitally powered techniques and technologies that would rapidly and accurately identify, analyse and record existing construction materials, products and components, facilitating their use in a circular economy and reducing life cycle impacts including embodied carbon.

Green and digital skills and training needs for a just transition (CSA)

Code: 26181 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-54 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Coordination and Support of Cognitive Computing Continuum research and policy (CSA)

Code: 26177 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01-06 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This topic will focus on the Coordination and Support of Cognitive Computing Continuum research and policy. It will
support the structure for the European Computing ecosystem: networking events and vision workshops for the academic and industrial computing community.

Toolbox for efficient IP licensing for market uptake and societal value creation (CSA)

Code: 26175 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-31 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

In line with the EU IP action plan and the Report on an intellectual property action plan to support EU’s recovery and resilience by the European Parliament, this action will promote better intellectual property management in research and innovation in view to materialise excellent research into innovation that is benefitting the society and businesses in the EU and beyond.

International Hub for Digital Partnerships in the Indo-Pacific (CSA)

Code: 26173 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-91 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This topic focuses on the support of R&I activities and concrete pilot projects (e.g. AI, digital identity) that are linked to the implementation of Digital Partnerships with Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Singapore as well as in the context of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) with India with a view to drive technology development and standardisation, or regulatory/legislative approaches. It will also support the digital dialogues with international partners, facilitate exchange of views and best practices, regulatory cooperation and where appropriate development of common principles regarding regulation, legislation and standards, developed bilaterally or agreed in international fora.

Advanced (nano and bio-based) materials for sustainable agriculture (RIA)

Code: 26171 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-34 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

This topic refers to the innovation market for sustainable agriculture. The next generation of fertilisers, biocides and plant protection products for agriculture should need to be based on new delivery systems made from advanced (nano)materials (nanosubstances and nanoformulations of conventional substances) or and/or bio-based materials, to enable target-specific, precise and slow release of the product, reduction of load of active substances, ease of application, reduced risk for non-target organisms and operator exposure, reduced wash-off, reduced costs for farmers, etc.

Advanced materials for magnets in applications for the New Energies Market (RIA)

Code: 26169 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-37 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

This topic refers to the innovation markets for New Energy and for Sustainable Transportation. Several materials specifications and related innovation needs will support this topic such as renewable energy and efficiency, renewable and recyclable materials, sustainable additives and catalysts, advanced surfaces, design for circularity. The topic should address several key policies of the European Union such as Circular Economy Action Plan, Zero Pollution Action Plan, A New Industrial Strategy for Europe also in view of critical and strategic raw materials for energy storage and conversion.

Adaptive multi-scale modelling and characterisation suites from lab to production (RIA)

Code: 26166 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-12 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

To support the green and digital industrial transition, there is the need to develop innovative routes to accelerate the design and production of new advanced materials, improving the circular economy and developing alternative feedstocks to support the EU’s open strategic autonomy throughout value chains (and covering all aspects of sustainability). Industrial research for materials from laboratory to production requires the extension of current knowledge on materials behaviour to the entire value chain.

Localised and Urban Manufacturing, supporting creativity and the New European Bauhaus (RIA using FSTP)

Code: 26161 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-53 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Decentralised, local and urban manufacturing is characterised by small, versatile factories, close to customers, and to highly qualified workers, where various types of customised products are produced in small series for the cost price of mass-produced products.This topic is intended to integrate the New European Bauhaus initiative into the development and implementation of the decentralised manufacturing vision.

Provide for a strong and sustainable pool of experts for European Standardisation: attract the students of university/HEI

Code: 26134 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-63 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This action aims at providing for a robust and sustainable pool of European professionals ready to contribute to standardisation and support positioning EU as global standard-setter.
University/HEI teaching is key to build up the pool of standardisation experts.
Academics teaching can provide for standardisation-competent graduates, who are aware of the benefits of standardisation and thus ready, as young professionals, to make Europe’s voice heard in international standardisation.

Pre-normative research and standardisation in industrial ecosystems (CSA)

Code: 26132 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-64 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

The scope of this topic is to boost the interactions between research projects and pre-normative work in the various ecosystems, and to increase the European contribution and presence in the subsequent formal European and international standardisation processes in line with the objectives of the standardisation strategy.

R&I cooperation with Latin America (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and other countries in the BELLA network or members of RedClara) (CSA)

Code: 26130 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-93 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Joint EU-LAC cooperation on digital transformation has led to the successful completion of the BELLA programme, which supported the construction of a new submarine fibre-optic cable linking Lisbon (Portugal) with Fortaleza (Brazil) as well as an onward terrestrial connection with several countries in the region. The new connection provides for the long-term interconnectivity needs of European and Latin American research and innovation communities, but its full potential has not been exploited so far.

Smart sensors for the Electronic Appliances market (RIA)

Code: 26114 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-33 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

Sensors are a key technology for electronic appliances serving our society. This topic refers to the innovation market for electronics appliances, in support of citizens and their various needs (be it in health care, home &personal care, food or textiles). Several materials specifications and related innovations needs will support this topic such as renewable and recyclable materials, alternative active ingredients and design for circularity.

End-to-end Earth observation systems and associated services

Code: 26107 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-11 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

This topic will contribute to develop and deploy global space-based services, applications and data, and therefore contributes to foster the European space sector competitiveness, as stated in the expected impact of this destination.

Scientific exploitation of space data

Code: 26103 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-71 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Exploitation of all acquired and available data provided by space missions in their operative, post-operative or data exploitation phase ensuring complementarity with activities already supported by ESA or national agencies during development phases.

Quantum Space Gravimetry Phase-A Study

Code: 26090 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-63 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The final objective of this call is the selection of a Quantum Space Gravimetry pathfinder mission. The scope of this topic covers in particular the system and operations concept of the pathfinder mission leading to a technical solution deployable before the end of the decade. A particular attention will be drawn on the analysis of the critical technologies and components necessary to deploy this mission, and proposals shall address the technological maturation necessary to meet this objective, based on EU solutions.

Copernicus in-situ component

Code: 26088 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-33 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

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.

New space transportation solutions and services

Code: 26085 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-22 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

There are emerging opportunities in space transportation out of which some are recently started to being seized by European actors characterised by new uses of space (e.g. small satellites, larger constellations and payload recovery) new destinations (e.g. direct GEO, re-entry from LEO).

Quantum Communication Technologies for space systems

Code: 26080 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-62 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The scope of this topic is the development of the critical components and technologies necessary to build a space quantum key distribution system. Based on the principle that any component used to generate, store, transmit, receive, decode, or use quantum information is considered a critical component, the scope of this topic covers all the critical hardware and software components necessary for the quantum key distribution function to be implemented via a satellite payload, as well as the corresponding optical ground station.

Copernicus for Emergency Management

Code: 26075 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-32 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Innovative methods and technologies for emergency related applications to derive advanced products and open new opportunities for an operational deployment addressing the needs of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service.
Actions aimed at service evolution should be developed in response to specific policy and user requirements while seizing the opportunities provided by the evolution in technology.

Future Space Ecosystem: Management and Coordination Activity

Code: 26071 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-13 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

This support activity aims at enabling a sustainable, highly automated, flexible and economically viable space infrastructure in a holistic approach, prepared to maximise commercial opportunities in space and on earth: the future space ecosystem.
This requires a targeted evolution of the Future Space Ecosystem (FSE) roadmap that identifies and describes pathways to innovative and promising applications and services in the fields of in-space services. It shall consider new space approaches, enabling technologies (e.g. electric propulsion, automation & robotics, AI, high-performance and reliable avionics) and synergies with terrestrial sectors, strengthened by continuous market and trend analyses.

Space technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness

Code: 26069 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-72 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The scope is focused on the research and innovation to mature critical space technologies that currently have dependency issues for use in the EU space programme components and discussed within the frame of the European Commission-ESA-EDA Joint Task Force (JTF).

Modern, flexible and efficient European test, production and launch facilities

Code: 26062 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-23 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Piloting communities of expert facilitators to improve industry-academia-public sector co-creation (CSA)

Code: 25709 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-32 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This action will pilot communities of expert facilitators for increasing knowledge exchange and co-creation between industry, academia and public sector and help matching the supply and demand for innovation. This action will link professionals in industry-academia-public sector collaboration, build communities of expert facilitators for industry-academia co-creation and disseminate best practices and know-how for demand-driven industry-academia collaboration across Europe. This will include training a wider community of expert facilitators in higher education institutions across Europe.

Novel paradigms and approaches, towards AI-driven autonomous robots (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA)

Code: 25703 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Recycling technologies for critical raw materials from EoL products (IA)

Code: 25700 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Projects outcomes will enable the increase of access to secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors which will alleviate critical raw materials dependency.
Actions should focus on the whole chain of recycling processes and procedures – from collection, logistics, characterisation, sorting, cleaning, refining and purification of secondary raw materials and quality of produced outputs.

Boosting industrial symbiosis by standardisation (CSA)

Code: 25698 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-62 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

• Reinforcing the links between standardisation and research and innovation in circular value chains, ensuring that standardisation facilitates cross-sector interoperability at all levels.
• Facilitating the market entry of innovative solutions, which could aid the circularity of resources and zero pollution.
• Identifying the major bottlenecks for standardisation related framework conditions to support industrial symbiosis.
• In order to support the implementation of the ERA Industrial technology roadmap for low carbon technologies, helping the development of agile and green standards to ensure interoperability in the domain of industrial symbiosis.

Pervasive photonics - multi-technology integration for digital infrastructure, sensors and internet of things (Photonics partnership)(RIA)

Code: 25684 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-51 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

• Improved key metrics for communications (speed, power consumption, density) or for sensing (sensitivity, compactness, power consumption), making photonics ubiquitous in digital systems
• New photonic-enabled sensing functions, not feasible with a technology platform based on a single material, or computing paradigms enabling new systems architectures (e.g. neuromorphic computing)
• Maintaining European technology leadership in the face of strong global competition

Collaboration with NSF on fundamental research on new concepts for distributed computing and swarm intelligence (CSA)

Code: 25680 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Proposal are expected to contribute for the support of the structure for the EU-NSF cooperation: networking events, exchange and fellowship programmes, and vision workshops for the academic and industrial computing community, at least one annual EU-US workshop.

Cognitive Computing Continuum: Intelligence and automation for more efficient data processing (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA)

Code: 25674 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01-04 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Focus should be on autonomous and AI-enabled management schemes and data processing methods that enable this transition to a compute continuum with strong capacities at the edge and fog/IoT edge in an energy efficient and trustworthy manner.

Integration of data life cycle, architectures and standards for complex data cycles and/or human factors, language (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA)

Code: 25672 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Proposals should address the entire data life cycle from data generation/collection to the final use and disposal/deletion of data (especially when required by applicable legislation, for example the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

CASSINI Prize for digital space applications

Code: 23782 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EUSPA-2022-MARITIME-PRIZE | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 05/07/2022 | End submission calls: 03/05/2023

The objectives of this Prize are:

• to stimulate the development of innovative solutions using EU Space Programme data;
• to solve problems or meet customer needs related to the detection, monitoring and tracking of plastic pollution, such as microplastics, plastic litter as well as of larger plastic items, in rivers, shores and coastal zones and to support its removal in order to support the prevention of ocean pollution;
• to attract dynamic innovators, to mobilise private investment.

Supporting the coordination of the Graphene Flagship projects (CSA)

Code: 18864 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-22 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals should address the need to guarantee a sustained European leadership in 2DM, capitalise upon the investments made so far in graphene, exploit synergistically the scientific, technological and innovation outcomes of these investments and deliver benefits to the European society.

2D materials-based devices and systems for biomedical applications (RIA)

Code: 18861 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-19 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposal results are expected to contribute to new technology solutions exploiting the unique properties of 2D materials (2DM) that would reduce cost and increase the efficacy of diagnostics or therapies, or provide new diagnostics or therapies for which there is currently no solution. It would strengthen Europe’s industrial position in, early diagnostics, disease prediction and prevention, disease monitoring and reducing hospitalization time.

Pushing the limit of physical intelligence and performance (RIA)

Code: 18857 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-06 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals are expected to focus on technology and systems that significantly extend the physical capability of robots beyond the state of the art.

AI, Data and Robotics for Industry optimisation (including production and services) (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

Code: 18855 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals should focus on demonstrating the added value of AI and/or Data and/or Robotics technologies to optimise value-chains, products, services or associated processes, including knowledge automation (including capturing and elicitation), to increase competitiveness, environmental sustainability, and where relevant, working conditions, for example, through added flexibility, configurability, adaptability, etc.

New generation of advanced electronic and photonic 2D materials-based devices, systems and sensors (RIA)

Code: 18848 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-17 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposal results are expected to contribute to new technological solutions with improved performance and reduced energy consumption providing significant advances towards the integration of 2D materials (2DM) technology, and the emergence of competitive value chains in graphene in Europe.

2D-material-based composites, coatings and foams (IA)

Code: 18845 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-20 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposal results are expected to contribute to new multifunctional recyclable materials enabling solutions to environmental challenges.

Increased robotics capabilities demonstrated in key sectors (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

Code: 18838 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals results are expected to contribute to at least one of the following expected outcome:

• Demonstrators able to show the added value of robotics and their performances in addressing challenges in major application sectors, or in dangerous, dull, dirty tasks or those strenuous for humans or in extreme environments.
• Systems able to demonstrate beyond human performance in complex tasks, with high impact in key sectors, that show extended levels of adaptation and flexibility.
• Systems able to show high levels of reactivity and responsiveness and intelligibility when performing human-robot and robot-robot interactions in major application sectors.

2D materials-based devices and systems for energy storage and/or harvesting (RIA)

Code: 18834 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-18 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposal results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Demonstrated added value of 2D materials (2DM) for energy storage devices and systems in applications where Europe can build competitive value chains.
• New technology solutions for portable energy sources outperforming alternative technologies e.g. in terms of energy and power density, operational safety, long-term stability, mechanical flexibility, light weight, thin thickness, and low cost that will enable the rapid development of power-demanding smart devices, Internet of Thing (IoT) sensors and wearable electronics.

AI for human empowerment (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 18830 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-02-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals under this topic have a focus to one of the two following research objectives:
Reach truly mixed human-AI initiatives for human empowerment.
Trustworthy hybrid decision-support, including approaches for mixed and sliding decision-making, for context interpretation, for dealing with uncertainty, transparent anticipation, reliability, human-centric planning and decision-making, interdependencies, and augmented decision-making.

European Network of AI Excellence Centres: Expanding the European AI lighthouse (RIA)

Code: 18785 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-02-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

It is essential to reinforce and build on Europe’s assets in technologies such as AI, with huge potential socio-economic impact, including its world-class researcher community, in order to stay at the forefront of technological developments.
Proposals will mobilise the best European teams in AI community to join forces to address major technical as well as sector- or societal-driven challenges: strengthening excellence, networking, multidisciplinarity, academia-industry synergies.

Pushing the limit of physical intelligence and performance (RIA)

Code: 16965 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-06 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Proposals are expected to focus on technology and systems that significantly extend the physical capability of robots beyond the state of the art.

European Enabling technologies for Beyond 5G/6G RAN disaggregated architectures (RIA)

Code: 16959 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-30 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Proposals are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

• Availability of European capabilities for enabling hardware, computing, signal processing technologies for beyond 5G (B5G) and future 6G infrastructures in the context of disaggregated, virtualized networks, for both small cell networks and cloud-based macro RANs.
• Availability of European capabilities for B5G/6G computing based on new computing architectures for Base station including accelerators (e.g. FPGA’s) capable of supporting even the most demanding 5G/6G processes in cloud servers and white box base stations or routers.

Advanced characterisation methodologies to assess and predict the health and environmental risks of nanomaterials (RIA)

Code: 16957 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-35 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The development of reliable and practical tools to ensure the safe and sustainable use of nanomaterials has not kept pace with the rapid commercialization of nanotechnology-enabled products. The dynamic nature of many nanomaterials in complex environmental matrices is recognized as a major challenge for their detection, quantification and characterization. Consequently, there is an urgent need to establish appropriate methods for cost-efficient assessment and prediction of the health and environmental effects of nanomaterials.

Ultra low energy and secure networks (RIA)

Code: 16955 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-39 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The research covers enabling technologies for the long term objective of
i) ultra low energy networks and corresponding EU industrial capability for end-to-end all-optical communications with no electro-optical conversion
ii) ultra high security over fibre nets (e.g quantum grade beyond today’s range limitation).
Complementary protocol level work may be considered to alleviate IP limitations, making networks deterministic, drastically reducing energy needs whilst increasing performances in terms of security, control by applications of differentiated features, and implementability as “Network on a Chip”.

AI for human empowerment (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 16952 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Innovative and promising approaches are encouraged, including human-in the loop approaches for truly mixed human-AI initiatives combining the best of human and machine knowledge and capabilities, tacit knowledge extraction (to design the next generation AI-driven co-creation and collaboration tools embodied e.g. in industrial/working spaces environments).
Build the next level of perception, visualisation, interaction and collaboration between humans and AI systems working together as partners to achieve common goals, sharing mutual understanding and learning of each other’s abilities and respective roles.

Next Generation Safer Internet: Technologies to identify digital Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) (RIA)

Code: 16948 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The proposals aim to develop mature tools that support the analytical work of LEAs and Hotlines, based on relevant classifiers that correspond to typical elements/characteristics of CSAM. The tools should allow identification, categorisation and prioritisation of digital CSAM from large data sets. The solutions should be robust enough and provide sufficient information to help Hotline analysts and law enforcement officers in their assessments.

NGI International Collaboration - USA and Canada (RIA)

Code: 16945 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The aim of the topic is to reinforce EU cooperation and strategic partnerships with the US and Canada in the area of Next Generation Internet, and to establish a continuous dialogue among the actors involved in the US, Canadian and EU programmes, in particular as far as internet standardisation is concerned. The focus should be on trust and data sovereignty, in particular digital identity, and on internet architecture renovation and decentralised technologies.

Increased robotics capabilities demonstrated in key sectors (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

Code: 16943 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Proposals will integrate novel robotics technologies into solutions that are capable of autonomously taking over dangerous, dull and dirty jobs, or that are capable of achieving tasks beyond human capabilities, in a range of innovative applications in key sectors or that are capable of reaching the level of reactivity, flexibility and adaptivity and natural intelligibility required for smooth and beneficial human-robot, as well as robot-robot collaboration and interaction.

eXtended Reality Learning - Engage and Interact (IA)

Code: 16940 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-19 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

eXtended Reality, combining human-machine interactions with real, mix, augmented and virtual environments, allows for higher engagement with teaching material and more efficient interaction with complex problems or new environments. Proposals will make use of XR technologies to develop and test virtual tools for teaching and learning.

eXtended Reality Technologies (RIA)

Code: 16935 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-14 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

New digital interaction technologies are playing an essential role in the transformation by enabling us to interact naturally and intuitively with digital information in the physical world. This topic asks for research and innovation proposals to develop and demonstrate novel eXtended Reality technologies, combining human-machine interactions and real, mixed, augmented and virtual environments, aiming to augment the capabilities of users and machines and to provide seamless and persistent physical-digital experiences, while guaranteeing the privacy and rights of individuals and companies and ensuring safe, secure and trustworthy interactions.

International cooperation in semiconductors (CSA)

Code: 16933 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-38 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Within the context of semiconductor and semiconductor-based photonics (e.g. Silicon photonics), the CSA will support the EC.

AI, Data and Robotics for Industry optimisation (including production and services) (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

Code: 16923 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Proposals are expected to integrate and optimise AI, data and robotics solutions in order to demonstrate, by addressing use-cases scenarios in actual or highly realistic operating environments, how they optimise production and service use cases.

Advanced multi-sensing systems (Photonics Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 16921 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The proposals will enable breakthroughs in sensor systems by combining component development, system integration, packaging and cost-effective manufacturing processes. They should propose innovative approaches capable of acquiring, processing and interpreting vast amounts of sensory input data, where relevant, while reducing significantly overall energy consumption. 

Internet architecture and decentralised technologies (RIA)

Code: 16919 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The Internet architecture has developed as a mix of centralised, networked and devicebased technologies with design choices largely coming from the past. At the same time, ever-larger fractions of the internet as we know it today are operated by a small number of platforms controlling end-users’ data, online transactions and infrastructure, effectively leading to a concentration and centralisation of the Internet.

Open source for cloud-based services (RIA)

Code: 16913 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-26 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The objective of this topic is to complete the continuous path from flagship projects at the component level, such as the EPI, and cloud services. Emphasis is on the software and hardware interfaces between the aforementioned new processing architectures and cloud applications with the aid of relevant widely available ICT industry standards and Open Source stacks.

Extreme data mining, aggregation and analytics technologies and solutions (RIA)

Code: 16451 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/11/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The actions under this topic are expected to provide ground-breaking advances in the performance, speed and/or accuracy as well as usefulness of data discovery, collection, mining, filtering and processing in view of coping with “extreme data”: (defined as data that exhibits one or more of the following characteristics, to an extent that makes current technologies fail: increasing volume, speed, variety; complexity/diversity/multilinguality of data; the dispersed data sources; sparse/missing/insufficient data/extreme variations in values).

Programming tools for decentralised intelligence and swarms (RIA)

Code: 16447 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 03/11/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

This topic focuses on the development of agile and secure architectures, dynamic programming environments and tools for the compute continuum from the device and edge perspective, including energy-efficient, lightweight AI-based approaches, tools for decentralised device and edge intelligence, innovative mesh architectures with mixed topologies to support concepts like tactile internet and swarm intelligence.

Technologies and solutions for data trading, monetizing, exchange and interoperability (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

Code: 16443 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-04 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/11/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The focus is on technologies, solutions and frameworks that facilitate the collection, sharing, storing, processing, trading and re-using of data in compliance with the legal framework and satisfying the needs, expectations and rights of the data providers, brokers, users and data subjects.

Cognitive Cloud: AI-enabled computing continuum from Cloud to Edge (RIA)

Code: 16440 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/11/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Highly innovation cloud management layer, makes the best application of artificial intelligence techniques and AI models with automatic adaptation to the computing resources (i.e., connectivity, computing & storage) in cloud and edge to optimize where data are being processed (e.g. very close to the user at the edge, or in centralised capacities in the cloud).

Methods for exploiting data and knowledge for extremely precise outcomes (analysis, prediction, decision support), reducing complexity and presenting insights in understandable way (RIA)

Code: 16438 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/11/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Proposal results are expected to contribute to the improvement of automated ways for extracting meaning and providing insights from data extremely fast and/or accurately in order to optimize decision making (ranging from crisis/emergency management to predictive maintenance) or action planning, as well as demonstrating how these improvements can have great positive impacts for society, people, economy, or the environment. 

Education and skills for the EU space sector

Code: 16435 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-72 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Competitiveness and innovation of the EU space sector depends on the availability of high educational standards and skilled professionals across a range of qualifications and the possibility for these professionals to upgrade and update their skills. This is also in the interest of the research and innovation community where the quality of the results and the impact of EU-funded research is a precursor of the future space sector. The EU also plays a role in the aligning of educational degrees to provide more opportunities and promote mobility of professionals and researchers across countries and sectors.

Copernicus Climate Change Service evolution

Code: 16431 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-41 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Projects are expected to enhance quality and efficiency of the current service evolution to respond to (a) policy and/or user requirements (b) technological developments implementing the space regulation (c) complementing the challenges targeted by the Horizon Europe Mission on “Adaptation to climate change including societal transformation”. Also are expected to develop efficient and reliable new product chains, calling for new paradigms in data fusion, data processing and data visualisation essential for the service are expected to handle more high-volume satellite data sets and product sets.
Development of new algorithms and processing chains preparing for the use of new types of space observation data (being from new Sentinels, other contributing missions or ESA Earth Explorer missions) in order to allow the development of new products or the improvement of existing products.

Future space ecosystems: on-orbit operations, new system concepts

Code: 16428 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-12 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Each project is expected to contribute to one or several of the following outcomes:

• A future space ecosystem, fostering the industrialisation and business in space as well as supporting scientifically meaningful missions by using synergies with terrestrial sectors, building on spacecraft modularity, simplifying operations and make plug-and-play modules more common as well as enabling on-orbit services such as maintenance, assembly, manufacturing, re-configuration, recycling, logistics, warehousing, etc.
• Game-changing technologies, tools and processes enhancing on-orbit servicing applications and contribute to the protection of the in-space future ecosystem (e.g. debris mitigation).
• A paradigm shift towards sustainable, highly automated, flexible and economical viable space infrastructure, to maximise commercial opportunities in space and on Earth.

Copernicus Security and Emergency Services evolution

Code: 16415 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-43 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

It is necessary to focus on timeliness access to data, the need to reduce the gap between user needs and service provision, new paradigms in data fusion, automation and inclusion of wider sets of complementary, non-EO data to demonstrate the viability of extending services to a broader range of users (relevant authorities from European to local levels) and to better monitor security and emergency threats at regional or local level.

Low cost high thrust propulsion for European strategic space launchers - technologies maturation including ground tests

Code: 16412 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-22 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Cost reduction and improving flexibility of European launch systems are the main challenges in order to foster European industry competitiveness on the global market.
The propulsion systems represent a significant part of launch system costs. It is necessary to mature new or optimised low cost effective (lower number of parts, better operability), high performance (high thrust to weight ratio, high specific impulse) and green propulsion concepts, technologies and propellants for high thrust engines.

Technologies and generic building blocks for Electrical Propulsion

Code: 16391 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-12 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

This topic aims at increasing the effort for maturing technologies and generic building blocks towards both incremental and disruptive technologies for Electric Propulsion systems products up to TRL 5/6 for thruster components, electric power architecture and products, as well as fluidic management systems and components. Furthermore, the topic addresses next generation industrial manufacturing processes and support to activities intending to allow in orbit demonstration/validation (IOD/IOV).

Copernicus evolution for cross-services thematic domains

Code: 16388 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-44 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The areas of R&I, which needs to be addressed to tackle the above expected outcomes are:

• Development of a proof-of-concept or prototype with a Copernicus based-solution to improve the European capacity for monitoring and forecasting the Arctic accessed via a single entry point which can be easily integrated into the existing service(s).
• Development of a proof-of-concept or prototype with a Copernicus-based solution to improve the European capacity for monitoring the UN Sustainable Development Goals indicators accessed via a single entry point which can be easily integrated into the existing service(s) (such as long-time series to monitor atmosphere composition and air quality, the health of ocean and in land waters, and regular mapping of land use).

New space transportation solutions and services

Code: 16356 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-23 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Projects are expected to contribute to EU Green Deal objective through the reduction of the environmental impact of space transportation and to be prepared for the upcoming REACH regulations, especially with respect to the use of hydrazine and its derivatives, focusing on commercial market as a driver for business growth. Also is expected to contribute to expand commercial space transportation offer and services with new space transportation solutions. The objective is to contribute to double the accessible new space transportation service market to European industry by 2030.
It is also expected to design and performance studies as well as business cases.

Quantum technologies for space gravimetry

Code: 16345 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-62 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The scope of this topic is the development of EU technologies and components for a space quantum gravimeter or gradiometer (this may include hybrid sensors, relying both on quantum and classical technologies) and which will lead to the development of an Engineering Model and its potential qualification for a pathfinder mission.

End-to-end Earth observation systems and associated services

Code: 16333 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-13 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The expected outcomes of this topic will enable flexible satellite Earth-observation end-to-end systems, including the ground segment subsystem with explicit aspects of ground control centres and operations, as a strong subject of the “new space” and a very dynamic market environment with high potential. Competitiveness will be strengthened by providing growing capacity, as well as flexibility and agility to face uncertainties and market evolutions and improving system availability and latency to deliver high-quality experience to end-users.

Copernicus Land Monitoring Service evolution

Code: 16331 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-43 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Project results are expected to enhance quality and efficiency of the current service to respond respectively to policy and/or user requirements and to technological developments. Also is expected to develop efficient and reliable new products chains, calling for new paradigms in data fusion, data processing and data visualisation as well as to develop new algorithms and processing chains preparing for the use of the new types of space observation data (being from new Sentinels or other contributing missions) in order to allow development of new products or the improvement of existing products.

Future space ecosystems: on-orbit operations, preparation of orbital demonstration mission

Code: 16329 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-11 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The expected outcomes of this topic is to prepare a European pioneering, high-impact but low-cost orbital demonstration mission for On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) in 2025-2026 period that will demonstrate and showcase European know-how, support market generation, open new business opportunities, foster international cooperation and deliver a long-lasting impact in the future space ecosystem.

Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service evolution

Code: 16319 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-41 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The main scope of this R&I is the development of new and innovative models for marine ecosystems monitoring and related biogeochemistry. These models will be used to prepare Copernicus-based solutions for different policies areas and for the challenges related to biodiversity conservation. Some specific domains will be the exploitation of the dynamics of the biological component of the ocean in terms of ‘fauna and flora’, how this marine living component behaves in relation to the ocean physics (temperature, currents, sediments), its biochemistry composition (in particular the plankton-to-fish links), climate change and the man-made pressures (e.g. transport, pollution, fisheries, etc.).

End-to-end satellite communication systems and associated services

Code: 16315 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-11 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The expected outcomes of this topic will enable flexible end-to-end satellite communication system (including both space and ground segment) with high productivity and growing data and service requirements. Competitiveness will be strengthened by providing growing capacity per system, as well as flexibility and agility to face uncertainties and market evolutions and improving system availability and latency to deliver high-quality experience to end-users.

Copernicus Anthropogenic CO₂ Emissions Monitoring & Verification Support (MVS) capacity

Code: 16313 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-42 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The areas of R&I, which needs to be addressed to tackle the above expected outcomes:

• New and innovative methodologies to improve the definition of the correlations between emissions of co-emitted species (CO₂, NO₂, CO, CH₄) in support of CO₂ fossil fuel emission estimation.
• New and innovative methods to better use of auxiliary observations such as ¹⁴C (radiocarbon), SIF (Solar Induced Fluorescence), and APO (Atmospheric Potential Oxygen) to separate anthropogenic CO₂ emissions from the natural variability of CO_2.

Reusability for European strategic space launchers - technologies and operation maturation including flight test demonstration

Code: 16308 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-21 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

R&I will focus on reusability concepts including required technologies that have a strong potential for cost reduction, starting with the recovery of the most expensive components such as first stage. It can also increase launch flexibility by reducing lead-time from order to launch by helping to adapt efficiently the launch rate and the performance to market variations. In addition, reusability would contribute to align space economy with the ecological transition to sustainability.

Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service evolution

Code: 16306 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-42 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The R&I, which needs to be addressed:

New and innovative data assimilation of atmospheric composition satellite observations to expand the use of satellite data streams in the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) operational global and regional production systems, to improve the quality of the CAMS global and regional reactive gases and aerosol information products (analyses, forecasts and reanalyses) and to deliver near-real-time observations-based emissions of reactive gases and aerosol at the global scale.
New methods and measurements for quantifying uncertainties for atmospheric CAMS composition products in the context of decision-making as well as of environmental policies development and implementation to be directly useful for the users of the product.

Multi sites flexible industrial platform and standardised technology for improving interoperability of European access to space ground facilities

Code: 16270 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-21 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

It is necessary to improve the cost efficiency of the access to space ground facilities and of launch systems production and operations for the strategic launchers essential for the implementation of EU space programme.
The activities address technologies maturation applicable to strategic launch systems able to launch EU Space Programme components, with the objective of enabling operational capacities by 2030.

Space technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness

Code: 16267 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-81 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Projects are expected to reduce the dependence on critical technologies and capabilities for future space applications. To develop or regain in the mid-term the European capacity to operate independently in space as well as to enhance the technical capabilities and overall competitiveness of European space industry vendors on the worldwide market. Overall, to improve the European space technology landscape and complement and/or create synergy with activities of European and national programmes either in the space or non-space fields.

Space science and exploration technologies

Code: 16265 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-82 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

The development of innovative instrumentation (payload) and technologies enabling space science and exploration missions requires timely technology development associated with future space science and exploration missions, including robotic exploration technologies, early stage scientific instrumentation and component technologies for space resources utilisation and space observatories. The development of new and innovative approaches, such as instruments for Cubesats and other small space platforms, including planetary entry probe, or the use of Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components is encouraged as long as it contributes to the implementation of space science and exploration missions with significant scientific outputs.

Space Weather

Code: 16263 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-62 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/11/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Commonly occurring space weather events (SWE) have the potential to affect the performance of critical space and ground infrastructure by disrupting operations and communications in multiple sectors of society. Space weather technological research for new precursor services: the worldwide goal of space weather activities should be to monitor and forecast SWE just like terrestrial weather. Research and innovation activities should address application domains that may include space as well as terrestrial infrastructure.

Strengthening the quantum software ecosystem for quantum computing platforms (RIA)

Code: 16260 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-10 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 27/01/2022

Fostering a European quantum computing industry will require hardware, software, and the development of user interfaces. Proposal results are expected to develop quantum-specific algorithms and methods to apply them to problem-solving in a wide variety of industrial fields, giving European industry a competitive edge.

Framework Partnership Agreements for open testing and experimentation and for pilot production capabilities for quantum technologies (FPA)

Code: 16258 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-22 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 27/01/2022

Framework Partnership Agreements (FPAs) respectively for open testing, experimentation, and for pilot production capabilities for quantum technologies are expected to establish stable and structured partnerships between the Commission and the institutions and organisations. Proposals are expected to establish well-networked lab facilities that interact and support each other.

Quantum sensing technologies for market uptake (IA)

Code: 16254 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-20 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 27/01/2022

Proposals should address the development of relatively mature quantum sensing technologies and single or network-operating devices that have the potential to find a broad range of new applications in transportation, precise localisation, health, security, telecommunications, energy, electronics industry, construction, mining, prospection, and much more. Proposals should demonstrate advanced prototypes of such sensing technologies that provide an unprecedented level of precision and stability, making new types of sensing, imaging and analysis possible.

Framework Partnership Agreement for developing large scale quantum simulation platform technologies (FPA)

Code: 16252 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-17 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 27/01/2022

Proposals for FPAs should aim to build quantum simulators that are capable of simulating far beyond classical possibilities for hard-to-compute quantum or classical systems. The resulting simulator should be based on and reinforce existing physical platforms (such as ultra-cold atoms, trapped ions, Rydberg atoms, photonics or other qubits), therefore consolidating the European scientific leadership in this field. The simulator platform should include user-interfaces and software to allow applications of real world problems in e.g. material science, quantum chemistry and others.

Framework Partnership Agreements in Quantum Communications (FPA)

Code: 16250 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-19 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 27/01/2022

Proposals for FPAs are expected to develop quantum communication technologies with improved performance and security to ensure European leadership. They are expected to build on the ongoing projects supported under the Quantum Flagship ramp up phase and on those currently defining the EuroQCI initiative. Their focus should lie mainly in realising a quantum communication/information network, over very large distances, well beyond what is currently possible, and enabling advanced application functionality for distributing resources such as entanglement.

Framework Partnership Agreement for developing the first large-scale quantum computers (FPA)

Code: 16248 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-15 Grant | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 27/01/2022

Framework Partnership Agreements (FPAs) in quantum computing are expected to establish a stable and structured partnership between the Commission and the institutions and organisations in quantum computing who commit themselves to establishing, maintaining and implementing a strategic research roadmap aligned with and contributing to the Quantum Flagship Strategic Research Agenda in a scalable open quantum computing platform based on a specific quantum platform technology.

Basic Science for Quantum Technologies (RIA)

Code: 16235 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-16 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 27/01/2022

Proposals should aim to explore new quantum effects and gain new knowledge that is not limited to the pillar activities, and which may contribute to new quantum technologies and applications in the long term.

Earth observation technologies for the mining life cycle in support of EU autonomy and transition to a climate-neutral economy (RIA)

Code: 16232 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-08 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Actions should develop and innovate new methods to analyse Earth Observation data, enabling systematic mineral exploration and continuous monitoring of extraction, closure and post closure activities. These developments and innovations should be built upon Copernicus satellite constellations, and/or European national and commercial satellite missions, including, e.g. COSMO-Skymed, EnMAP, PRISMA, TerraSAR-X, airborne and low-altitude platforms, ground based remote sensing, also including conventional in situ techniques, methods and field work measurements.

Technological solutions for tracking raw material flows in complex supply chains (RIA)

Code: 16227 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

There is a need to improve supply chain data transparency and traceability, enabling consumers and downstream producers to have information about the origins of metals in finished products. In order to achieve the expected outcomes, it is advised to involve industrial users from the downstream side. Due diligence has numerous research gaps in this area which need to be addressed in order to limit complexity and enable a level playing field for responsible sourcing of minerals.

Sustainable and innovative mine of the future (IA)

Code: 16225 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-06 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Actions should aim to develop new, enabling, operational solutions to improve capabilities and performance of the raw materials value chain: from in situ mineral exploration and permitting procedures, to mineral extraction and processing including recycling, as well as closure and post closure activities.

Innovative solutions for efficient use and enhanced recovery of mineral and metal by-products from processing of raw materials (IA)

Code: 16222 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

Advanced lightweight materials for energy efficient structures (RIA)

Code: 16217 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-11 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

A step change is needed to develop new sustainable and high performance lightweight materials and associated novel manufacturing techniques which comply with industrial demands for quality and reliability.

Functional multi-material components and structures (RIA)

Code: 16209 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-12 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

The manufacturing of multimaterial structures is a challenging task and many industries are today addressing specific critical challenges that come with mixing of materials. It is of great importance that multimaterial design is analysed from a holistic and multidisciplinary perspective where all aspects from design to manufacturing, use and recycling are included in the process. By combining several materials, proposals should advance the state of the art through the development of ready assembled multifunctional devices. The role of new development in additive manufacturing processes with dissimilar materials will be of importance.

Innovative materials for advanced (nano)electronic components and systems (RIA)

Code: 16205 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-10 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Europe aims to become a global role model for the digital economy and society. Electronic components and systems (ECS) are the building blocks for this. Electronic components and systems are core enablers and differentiators for the development of many innovative products and services in all sectors of the economy. Research and innovation are key to maintain the competitiveness of the European ECS industry, generating growth, creating value, jobs and prosperity. Materials innovation lies at the heart of this endeavour.

Digital tools to support the engineering of a Circular Economy (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 16201 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

The focus is on developing new concepts, methods, and digital tools to support further engineering of the industrial processes for recycling, re-manufacturing, refurbishing, and reuse of manufactured products and components.  Another challenge that falls within this scope is the human dimension. The support tools need to work with the user, and training, knowledge transfer, cognitive interfaces, as well as acceptance and uptake will be vital in the solutions proposed.

Demonstrate the use of Digital Logbook for buildings (IA)

Code: 16196 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-09 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

There is a need to demonstrate and realise the potential benefits of using digital depositories of information that accompany buildings throughout their lifecycle. These digital building logbooks (DBL) can potentially result in greater efficiency, circularity and transparency in the building stock. DBLs should also improve decision making for all actors along the lifecycle of the building, thereby facilitating better design choices and greater sustainability, contributing in this way to the New European Bauhaus initiative.

Circular flows for solid waste in urban environment (Processes4Planet Partnership) (IA)

Code: 16182 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-10 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Hubs for circularity for solid waste in urban environment tackles a fundamental issue of end of life materials representing a huge amount and broad range of solid wastes. Solid waste are intended here as process industry, manufacturing industry, construction industry waste and solid urban waste (consumer waste, End-of-Life waste). There is a need of innovative solution engaging waste management actors in novel value chains to valorise a significant part of those wastes, bringing full attention to upcycling back to secondary materials instead of down cycling of low re-use.

Valorisation of CO/CO2 streams into added-value products of market interest (Processes4Planet Partnership) (IA)

Code: 16180 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-11 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

The proposals submitted under this topic are expected to provide concepts for utilisation of CO/CO2 streams from point sources (e.g. large industrial installations such as steel, cement and chemical plants) converting them into added value products and/or intermediates and chemicals of wide interest (plastics, resins, composites, chemicals). The technologies proposed should support cross-sectorial concepts and sector integration paradigms. They should also be able to work efficiently in a renewable based energy system, coping with potential fluctuations in the energy supply or be fully self-sustained from an energy standpoint.
The topic excludes explicitly fuels and renewable energy storage concepts.

Raw material preparation for clean steel production (Clean Steel Partnership) (IA)

Code: 16174 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-13 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

The expected outcome are: projects related to the two main raw-materials in the iron and steelmaking route: the iron-ore and the scrap. As regards iron ore, the availability of high-grade iron ores is expected to become a more critical factor, as demand will increase. Therefore, technologies for the upgrade and the use of low-quality iron ores are needed. This includes low carbon technologies for sintering/ pelletisation and/or cold bonded iron ore agglomeration.

New electrochemical conversion routes for the production of chemicals and materials in process industries (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 16171 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-15 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Advanced electrochemical systems, configurations and novel technologies can enable higher efficiencies and/or lower investments or operational costs. High temperature electrochemical processes, using ionic liquids or molten salts as electrolytes, offer interesting alternatives to the classical production processes as well opportunities for the development of sustainable technology. Paired synthesis, where two valuable products are generated through the cathodic and anodic reactions, can help to reduce energy consumption and costs (per unit product).
All these novel electrochemical paths need to integrate process design and optimisation with the development of advanced materials and reactor/cell components as well as low-energy separation processes.

Modular and hybrid heating technologies in steel production (Clean Steel Partnership) (IA)

Code: 16156 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-16 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Steel plant gases are partly used internally as heating gases and partly used externally, in nearby power plants, to produce electricity at high cost and high CO2 load. These gases could be used in reduction processes (blast furnace or even direct reduction) to reduce fossil carbon use, provided they are well prepared for injection in these processes.

Integration of hydrogen for replacing fossil fuels in industrial applications (Processes4Planet Partnership) (IA)

Code: 16150 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-17 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

Significant reduction of CO2 emissions of the industrial process, whilst keeping NOx levels at least not higher than the equivalent gas-based solutions. Improved energy efficiency of the industrial process as well as significant reduction of hydrogen fuel needs of the developed process with regards to the current fossil fuel needs. Also proposal will contribute to the competitive costs of the developed technologies as well as to the relevant indicators and metrics, with baseline values, should be clearly stated in the proposal.

Circular and low emission value chains through digitalisation (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 16146 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Circularity is an essential part of a wider transformation of industry towards climate neutrality and long-term competitiveness. Circularity is in simple terms addressed by waste from one process becoming secondary materials for others, an efficient use in the value chain in order to close the loop or reuse in other industries, can be ensured only through a transparent information system. There is thus a need for designing and piloting an information system for raw materials and components in products throughout the whole value chain of process industries.

Monitoring and supervising system for exploration and future exploitation activities in the deep sea (RIA)

Code: 16142 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

The actions should design and develop a reliable and robust monitoring and inspection system for the exploration and future exploitation activities in the deep-sea. Projects should deliver appropriate technological and systemic solutions for such forecasting assessments.

Developing digital platforms for the small scale extractive industry (IA)

Code: 16138 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-04 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
a) Develop digital platforms (applications) addressing needs of small-scale operations, mining clusters and SMEs, to enable a transformative change in EU extractive industries ensuring EU raw materials autonomy, while protecting and restoring biodiversity, boost our resilience, fight climate change and recover from the COVID-19 crisis;
b) Develop business models and operation models.
c) Contribute to the digitalisation of the extractive industry.

Streamlining cross-sectoral policy framework throughout the extractive life-cycle in environmentally protected areas (CSA)

Code: 16128 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Streamlining more efficient, effective and transparent permitting procedures throughout the mineral extraction life-cycle in environmentally protected areas, would contribute to securing the sustainable access to primary raw materials, whilst taking into account and reconciling requirements in environmentally protected areas.

Building and renovating by exploiting advanced materials for energy and resources efficient management (IA)

Code: 16124 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-16 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Building envelopes and renovation materials that boost energy savings, save resources and decrease carbon emissions, both during construction and operation of the buildings. Europe’s building infrastructure needs a deep rehabilitation of residential buildings (including buildings of historic value) while lowering the costs of refurbishment.

Advanced materials modelling and characterisation (RIA)

Code: 16121 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-19 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

The future of European industrial manufacturing requires further advances in characterisation methods and computational modelling, in order to lead the way to the reliable design of new and sustainable materials and processes, rapid upscaling, and effective quality control. These advances can only be achieved through the development of innovative techniques and a new generation of instrumentation, responding to industrial needs.

Climate Neutral and Circular Innovative Materials Technologies Open Innovation Test Beds (IA)

Code: 16119 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-20 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Climate Neutral and Circular Innovative Materials Technologies are essential in enabling the transition towards a European decarbonised economy. Climate Neutral and Circular Innovative Materials Technologies Open Innovation Test Beds (OITBs) will support companies, especially SMEs, to become world leaders in clean products and technologies.

Leveraging standardisation in Digital Technologies (CSA)

Code: 16109 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-21 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

This action will involve and empower European stakeholders participating at the development of open technical specifications and standards with the aim to representing European values and ethics, strengthen the take-up, scalability cross-border and cross-sector interoperability of their technological solutions. The aim is to reinforce the presence of EU and associated states experts in the international ICT standardisation scene, by setting up a ICT standardisation observatory and a facility supporting the participation of key European specialists (especially from SMEs and Academia) in key international and global Standard Developing Organisations.

Smart and multifunctional biomaterials for health innovations (RIA)

Code: 16093 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-13 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Multifunctional biomaterials play a major part in shaping the future of Advanced Therapies and Medical Devices. Health applications may include but are not limited to tissue engineering, artificial organs, implants, bioinks for bioprinting platforms, microfluidics, bioactive scaffolds, wearable and implantable devices, in-vitro diagnostics etc.

Membranes for gas separations - membrane distillation (IA)

Code: 16074 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-14 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Membranes separation is one of the key process elements needed for the next level of resource efficiency and for greener industrial plants. Proposals will address the development of the new generation membrane materials from gas separation to membrane contactors in comparison to the current state-of-the-art. Guidance by modelling and simulation techniques should be provided to save on extensive experimentation and support up-scaling.

'Innovate to transform' support for SME's sustainability transition (CSA)

Code: 16057 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-26 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Achieving European Green Deal objectives, and notably a climate neutral and resource efficient economy, requires the full mobilisation of SMEs.
The action will build on and further connect existing EU specialised business support networks and centres – such as the Enterprise Europe Network, the European industry clusters registered under the European Cluster Collaboration Platform, Centres for Advanced Technologies for Industry. They will work in complementarity and close interaction with Open Innovation Test beds, European Digital Innovation Hubs, Start-up Europe etc., but also with academia, social partners and other social innovation actors.

Boosting green economic recovery and open strategic autonomy in Strategic Digital Technologies through pre-commercial procurement (PCP action)

Code: 16051 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-02-01-PCP | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

This topic focuses on forward looking procurement of R&D to bring to the market new green, digital solutions that can increase Europe’s resilience and preparedness to tackle the circular economy and climate challenge.
This topic supports public buyers to collectively implement PCPs to drive innovation from the demand side and open up wider commercialisation opportunities for companies in Europe to take international leadership in new markets for strategic digital technologies that can deliver greener solutions. The aim is to leverage PCP to encourage the development and to provide a first customer reference for the piloting, installation and validation of breakthrough innovations.

Safe- and sustainable-by-design organic and hybrid coatings (RIA)

Code: 16049 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-23 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Research will target development of innovative PFAS-free materials with inherently surface active functions to be used for multi-industrial sector applications. (e.g. novel bio-based materials). The proposals should focus on integration of sustainable-by-design aspects including safety (toxicity), circularity and functionality of advanced coating materials and techniques (e.g. nanostructured self-healing or omniphobicity), throughout their lifecycle.

Optimised Industrial Systems and Lines through digitalisation (IA)

Code: 16047 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-25 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Digital tools can enable industry to control manufacturing processes and address issues more efficiently and effectively as they run and update the production plant, while improving key product and production performance indicators such as yield and throughput.

EGNSS applications for the Digital Age

Code: 16043 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EUSPA-2021-SPACE-02-53 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 15/02/2022

Proposals should deliver new innovative applications, with commercial and social benefits, impact and a clear market uptake. The standardisation of new technologies is also in the scope of the topic and might be considered by the applicant. The use of other space components such as Copernicus is highly encouraged. The developed solutions may integrate other non-space technologies like IoT, big data, artificial intelligence, drones, 5G, augmented/mixed reality etc.

EGNSS applications for Safety and Crisis management

Code: 16040 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EUSPA-2021-SPACE-02-52 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 16/02/2022

Proposals should deliver new innovative applications, with commercial impact and a clear market uptake. Standardisation of new technologies is also in the scope of the topic and might be considered by the applicant. The use of other space components such as Copernicus is recommended. In particular, the use of Copernicus Emergency Management and Security services is highly encouraged. The developed solutions may integrate other non-space technologies like IoT, big data, artificial intelligence, drones, 5G, augmented/mixed reality etc.

EGNSS and Copernicus applications fostering the European Green deal

Code: 16034 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EUSPA-2021-SPACE-02-51 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 10/02/2022

Proposals should focus on the development of innovative EGNSS and Copernicus applications that support the Green Deal objectives and its related policies. The solutions developed for all areas should leverage the Copernicus data or core services products including Copernicus contributing missions and/or EGNSS differentiators, e.g. High Accuracy Service, authentication features or Galileo Open Service with multi-frequency capability. The developed solutions may integrate technologies like IoT, big data, artificial intelligence, drones, 5G, augmented/mixed reality etc.

Rapid reconfigurable production process chains (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)

Code: 15972 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

In times of disrupted supply chains or rapidly changing customer demands, production lines will need to be built flexible enough to be able to handle these variations. Rapid reconfiguration technologies of more flexible systems, will enable industries with many production process steps to maintain a resilience against sudden changes in ordering and/or supplies.

Products with complex functional surfaces (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 15962 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Surface treatments are an integral part of any manufacturing process. Surface treatments include many disciplines, such as painting/coating/printing (spray, powder, dip coating, inkjet etc.), plating/implantation (electroplating, vacuum plating/coating, etc.), thermal treatments (annealing, thermo-chemical processes, etc.), laser-based treatments (annealing, texturing, etc.), additive manufacturing, micro manufacturing (micro electrical discharge machining, micro milling, etc.) chemical and electrochemical treatments (anodizing, electropolishing, chemical deposition, etc.), biochemical treatments, etching (wet etching, plasma/dry etching, also for texturing). While the integration of these treatment technologies into a manufacturing line has been well reported, the technologies as such need to be adapted for each particular profile. 

Excellence in distributed control and modular manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 15953 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Modularity of a production system is crucial for flexibility and to allow for varying the production according to needs and circumstances by introducing, changing, and removing different process steps. While the concept of modularity is not new, there is still a vast range of production steps that cannot be considered modular, and the ones that can be considered as such are not necessarily suitable for current demands nor to be considered as a part of sustainable production regimes.

Intelligent work piece handling in a full production line (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 15941 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-04 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

The global trends towards product customization have increased production complexity. It is necessary therefore, the establishement of efficient, flexible, reconfigurable and data-driven agile factories.
Products and component handling is an integral part of the manufacturing industry and its optimization increases productivity while minimizing production costs and time. There is an increasing demand for innovative smart automated handling systems.

ICT Innovation for Manufacturing Sustainability in SMEs (I4MS2) (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)

Code: 15931 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-06 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

ICT Innovation for Manufacturing SMEs (I4MS) aims to support manufacturing SMEs and mid-caps in adopting the latest innovative digital technologies for their business operations. I4MS2 builds on I4MS and addresses more significantly a sustainable and resilient production.

Novel materials for supercapacitor energy storage (RIA)

Code: 14057 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-24 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/10/2021 | End submission calls: 30/03/2022

Proposals under this Call should address the challenge for new material concepts to be used in supercapacitors to at least double the energy density over current technologies reduce cost and minimise or eliminate use of CRMs.

Social and affordable housing district demonstrator (IA)

Code: 13089 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-02-32 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/09/2021 | End submission calls: 25/01/2022

To support a wide implementation of these district renovations, industrial urban symbiosis needs to be fostered amongst most relevant partners engaged in construction and renovation of social housing facilities. The local and regional dimension is important since local energy and utility networks, adjacent industrial infrastructures and available by-products and services in such districts would have to be considered in a holistic and integrated approach.

Support for transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic area of Space (CSA)

Code: 13025 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-31 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals should facilitate trans-national co-operation amongst National Contact Points (NCPs) in the respective thematic area, encouraging cross-border activities, sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants.

Support for transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic area of Industry (CSA)

Code: 13023 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-30 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals should facilitate trans-national co-operation amongst National Contact Points (NCPs) in the respective thematic area, encouraging cross-border activities, sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants.

Support for transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic area of Digital (CSA)

Code: 13015 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-29 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals under this Call should facilitate trans-national co-operation amongst National Contact Points (NCPs) in the respective thematic area, encouraging cross-border activities, sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants.

eXtended Reality Ethics, Interoperability and Impact (CSA)

Code: 13008 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-28 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• A strong and competitive ecosystem, with European companies playing a leading role in the wider deployment, adoption and acceptance of eXtended Reality technologies.
• Improved quality of eXtended Reality experiences and applications, combining human-machine interactions and real, mixed, augmented and virtual environments and ensuring ethics, privacy, security and safety.

AI to fight disinformation (RIA)

Code: 13003 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-27 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

The Media Action Plan is developed around three areas: recovery, transformation, and enabling and empowerment. Research and innovation is key to the area of the transformation. Innovative digital solutions play an important role in ensuring a pluralistic access to trustworthy and meaningful information and quality content.
Research and innovation proposals are expected to respond to one of the following:

• Advanced AI based solutions for securing a trustworthy online environment
• Advanced AI based solutions targeted to citizens

Workforce skills for industry 5.0 (RIA)

Code: 13000 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-26 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

The RIA will investigate the social and economic impacts generated by emerging disruptive technologies (artificial intelligence & machine learning, block chain, big data, internet of things, 5g, etc.), robotisation and digitalization on labour markets and business models.

eXtended Collaborative Telepresence (IA)

Code: 12995 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-25 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

This topic aims to increase the European competitiveness and innovation capacity and foster the adoption of European eXtended collaborative telepresence technologies in both professional and private spheres, taking benefit of combining real and virtual environments to improve distant human-human interactions through wearables and computer mediated technologies.

Tackling gender, race and other biases in AI (RIA)

Code: 12993 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-24 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Research demonstrates how bias exacerbates existing inequalities and reinforces gender, racial and other stereotypes in, for instance, the labour market, education, online advertising systems, social media, taxation and the justice system. This topic investigates preventing and mitigating bias in AI, focusing on
(1) recommender and personalisation systems,
(2) algorithmic decision-making, and
(3) surveillance software, including facial recognition.

Art-driven use experiments and design (RIA)

Code: 12991 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-21 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Design of technology and deployment in selected sectors will be explored through use cases between stakeholders in industry – engineers, developers –, end-users and artists though dedicated industrial projects in continuation of the S+T+ARTS residencies and S+T+ARTS lighthouse pilots. 

Piloting a new industry-academia knowledge exchange focussing on companies’ needs (CSA)

Code: 12982 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-20 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

This action will promote industry-academia knowledge exchange focussing on companies’ research and innovation needs, complementing university-business collaboration in line with the European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience.

Testing innovative solutions on local communities’ demand (CSA)

Code: 12980 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-19 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

This action will promote the uptake of research-based technological and non-technological solutions in cities and local communities by responding to concrete, citizen driven, demand for testing and experimentation. By addressing the local societal demand for innovative solutions and bringing forward R&I to match communities’ needs, the action will contribute to implementing the European Green Deal’s aim “to involve local communities in working towards a more sustainable future, in initiatives that seek to combine societal pull and technology push”.

Fostering standardisation to boost European industry's competitiveness (CSA)

Code: 12977 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-18 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

In the New Industrial Strategy for Europe, developing new standards, coupled with increased EU participation in international standardisation bodies, will be essential to boost industry’s competitiveness and build a sustainable and more inclusive future.

Awareness raising on Intellectual property (IP) management for European R&I (CSA)

Code: 12975 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-17 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

To achieve technological sovereignty in critical technology areas, the management of intellectual property, from the early stages of the knowledge creation process to the final deployment of solutions, is key. The action will address the need to increase awareness and knowledge on intellectual property management. It will build the bridge between technology generation and technology upscaling via IP management awareness.

eXtended Reality for All – Haptics (RIA)

Code: 12972 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-14 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

ΕXtended Reality, combining human-machine interactions and all real, mix, augmented and virtual environments, allow users to interact with real-time contextual information activated by intuitive sensory triggers. However, in order to provide eXtended Reality for all, specific accessibility oriented development is required.

eXtended Reality Modelling (RIA)

Code: 12970 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-13 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

Proposals are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Large-scale creation of eXtended Reality models with increased levels of interaction, context awareness, explainable autonomous decisions, human control, privacy and accessibility.
• Methodologies, tools and processes to build eXtended Reality services based on these models.
• Improved human to human and human to computer eXtended Reality interaction, in both offline and real-time context.

NGI Tech Review (CSA)

Code: 12966 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-09 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

The scope of this topic is to support an open environment fostering collaboration between internet innovators to tackle key societal challenges such as response to pandemics, climate change, disinformation, or the protection of privacy. The environment will bring together internet innovators to develop, test and improve solutions based on open source technologies.

NGI International Collaboration - Transatlantic fellowship programme (CSA)

Code: 12964 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-08 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021

The aim of the topic is to reinforce EU-US and EU-Canada cooperation in the area of Next Generation Internet, and to establish a continuous dialogue among US, Canada and EU innovators. The focus should be on trust and data sovereignty and on internet architecture renovation and decentralised technologies.

Next Generation Internet community-building and outreach (CSA)

Code: 12961 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 21/10/2021