Teaming for Excellence

Code: 35370 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 03/12/2024 | End submission calls: 20/01/2026

Teaming is one of the actions that stimulates the European Union to exploit its potential by maximising and spreading the benefits of research and innovation. The Teaming action is designed to support the creation of new centres of excellence or upgrading the existing ones in low R&I performing countries (except those centres of excellence that have already benefitted from previous Teaming calls). Generally, Teaming is vital for its competitiveness and its ability to address societal challenges.

Deadline dates:

• 10 April 2025
• 20 January 2026

EU Award for Gender Equality Champions

Code: 34713 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-GENDER-Prize | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/09/2024 | End submission calls: 16/10/2024

The “EU Award for Gender Equality Champions” is a recognition prize scheme meant as a booster and complement of the requirement to have in place a Gender Equality Plan (GEP) and a tool for advancing inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new European Research Area (ERA) policy agenda. The Award is also an enabler for the transformation agenda for universities set forth in the new ERA, in synergy with the European Education Area (EEA) and the European Higher Education Area (EHEA, Bologna process), and in line with the new Communication on a European Strategy for Universities adopted on 18 January 2022.

Talent ecosystems for attractive early research careers – pilot

Code: 34003 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-02-03 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2024 | End submission calls: 25/09/2024

This action particularly supports whole organisations and innovation ecosystems to implement the standards for attractive research careers laid down in the Charter for Researchers. A special focus is placed on organisational change in support of early career researchers, to offer them more and better career opportunities, including through strengthened coordination of measures at European, national, and regional level and increased cooperation between academia, industry, government and public sector.

Science comes to town

Code: 34001 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-02-02 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2024 | End submission calls: 25/09/2024

The new European Research Area (ERA) has the engagement of citizens, local communities and civil society at its core, seeking greater societal impact and increased trust in science. This action supports ERA Policy Agenda (2022-2024) action 14 – ‘Bring science closer to citizens’ through broad and inclusive engagement of all relevant stakeholders in a range of activities with a view to increasing the understanding, acceptance, uptake and impact of R&I in society.

The action supports a consortium involving cities to host a coordinated joint 1-year programme with focus on connecting citizens and scientists in the participating cities and beyond, including the following: A year-long programme of various events and activities, such as lectures, workshops, exhibitions, competitions or prizes, in the spirit of the European Capital of Culture or the European Green Capital, that highlights the contribution of science to society and the results of R&I projects supported by national/regional/EU funds, including the Horizon Europe programme.

Experimentation and exchange of good practices for value creation

Code: 33998 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-02-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2024 | End submission calls: 25/09/2024

To bring existing good practices in knowledge valorisation to support value creation across Europe, we need more experimentation, peer learning and testing of new models as well as trying out good practices in different environments.

Replication and adaptation of best practices is a powerful way to support the design, implementation and evaluation of knowledge valorisation investments and measures that enhance the quality and extent of knowledge uptake at all levels. It involves identifying and taking inspiration from best practices developed across Europe, engaging in an exchange of experiences with peers and connecting to new partners, as well as driving and supporting the set-up of new measures or the reform of existing ones.

Researchers can play an important role in engaging with citizens and bringing research results into communities that need innovative solutions. This can contribute to making research results more adapted to the needs of citizens and communities, and strengthen the uptake of research by society benefitting both the research communities and the citizens as users and co-creators.

ERA Fellowships

Code: 33855 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-TALENTS-02-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 11/09/2024

Fellowships should be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking cross-border mobility. Applications must be made jointly by the researcher together with a legal entity in the academic or non-academic sector located in a Widening Country.

Fellowships are open to researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to the EU from any country in the world or moving within the EU to a Widening Country.

ERA Talents

Code: 33516 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-TALENTS-03-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 25/04/2024 | End submission calls: 26/09/2024

The ERA Talents action aims to boost interoperability of careers in the academic and non-academic sectors and improve employability of R&I talents across sectors.
The action has a centre of gravity in Widening countries.
It fits within the overall Union policy of promoting more attractive research careers, implemented through Action 4 of the ERA Policy Agenda 2022-2024, and responds to the Council Conclusions on “Deepening the European Research Area:  “Deepening the European Research Area: Providing researchers with attractive and sustainable careers and working conditions and making brain circulation a reality”.

Experimentation and exchange of good practices for value creation

Code: 31992 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-05 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

To bring existing good practices in knowledge valorisation to support value creation across Europe, we need more experimentation, peer learning and testing of new models as well as trying out good practices in different environments.

Replication and adaptation of best practices is a powerful way to support the design, implementation and evaluation of knowledge valorisation investments and measures that enhance the quality and extent of knowledge uptake at all levels.

Capacity building on Intellectual Property (IP) management to support open science

Code: 31990 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-07 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

This topc is focused on capacity building on Intellectual Property (IP) management to support open science.

This calls for supporting education and training in IP management that enables open science and for building capacity in research organisations and their staff, with the objective to support and equip researchers at all stages of their career with the knowledge they need in this area.

Strengthening researchers’ skills for better careers – leveraging the European Competence Framework for Researchers

Code: 31987 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-04 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

Skills are of utmost importance for researchers, they allow them to perform high quality research, and to make the overall European R&I system competitive and challenges-proof. However, it is crucial that researchers are equipped not only with research-specific skills, but also with transversal skills that allow them to be interoperable between academia and the other sectors, including industry and business, and to be capable to establish entrepreneurial activities to turn innovative ideas into business and lead to social, environmental and economic profitability.

Being equipped with a wide spectrum of skills is of high benefit for researchers, who can have access to an enlarged number of opportunities for career development compared to the limited ones available in academia, but also for the labour market, which is in constant need for highly skilled talents such as researchers.

Support to the development and implementation of policies and practices for reproducibility of scientific results

Code: 31985 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-09 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

Increasing the reproducibility of scientific results, i.e., the possibility for scientists and the scientific community to obtain the same results as the originators, contributes to higher quality and more efficient research processes, more trustworthy results, increasing reuse by other researchers, more effective translation into innovations, and higher return on investments in research.

The aim of this topic is to facilitate the development and implementation of policies and practices, by research performing organisations, research funding organisations, learned societies and publishers that enhance reproducibility of scientific results.

Support for the professionalisation of research management

Code: 31983 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-03 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

There is a strong need for creating sustained pan-European research management training – both in virtual and in non-virtual curricula.

This action aims to contribute to improve the European R&I system across the entire ERA by particularly strengthening the capacity for research management in the European Union’s public research performing and funding organisations.

The aim of this action is to further develop and implement a methodology to identify, train and ‘professionalise’ individuals who are essential support for the ‘research enterprise’.

Programme level collaboration between national R&I policy-makers

Code: 31981 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

This topic is focused on the programme level collaboration between national R&I policy-makers.

The actions funded under this topic will coordinate national and regional R&I funding programmes by pooling national resources and contributing to the alignment of national research and innovation policies.

Global cooperation in not-for-profit open access publishing

Code: 31979 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-08 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

The aim of this topic is to support the cooperation between such not-for-profit publishing services and their editors to enable the flow of knowledge between the European Union and one or more other areas of the world, and in more than one discipline. It is expected that most of the activities of the actions will take place online, and that platforms and other online tools will be used to perform as many of the activities as possible.

Next generation AI and Human Behaviour: promoting an ethical approach

Code: 31976 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-12 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

One of the key challenges is that the meaning and appropriate interpretation of the key concepts and principles in AI guidelines will often be highly context specific.
To develop affective AI systems, researchers aim to improve their understanding of the way the human brain learns and transfers knowledge. Potentially, this understanding will help to build explainable, trustworthy, and human-centric AI systems and processes.

Support to the implementation of inclusive gender equality plans

Code: 31973 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-11 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

This inclusion scheme aims to strengthen and go beyond the minimum GEP requirements as defined in Horizon Europe  eligibility criterion and to support the implementation of inclusive GEPs and policies, in line with the new ERA policy agenda objectives.

Actions should clearly outline the approach for boosting gender equality strategies by addressing new areas, such as intersectionality and diversity, gender budgeting, gender and innovation, and the long-term impact of COVID-19 on gender equality in R&I, among others.

Policy coordination to support all aspects of inclusive Gender Equality Plans and policies in the ERA

Code: 31971 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-01-10 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

There is a need for policy coordination to advance the implementation of the ERA gender equality and inclusiveness objectives within Member States, Associated Countries and among other ERA stakeholders, building on the commitment expressed through the Ljubljana Declaration on gender equality in research and innovation.

This action focuses on the development of a sustainable network of national representatives from all EU Member States and Associated Countries, both from national bodies (e.g., ministries) and from national research funding organisations, to support the implementation of the gender equality and inclusiveness objectives of the ERA.

EU Award for (Academic) Gender Equality Champions

Code: 31962 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-GENDER-Prize | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/12/2023 | End submission calls: 25/01/2024

This is a call (contest) for an EU recognition prize in the field of gender equality and inclusiveness. The “EU Award for (Academic) Gender Equality Champions” is a Prize scheme meant as a booster and complement to the requirement for higher education and research organisations applying to Horizon Europe to have in place a Gender Equality Plan (GEP) as an eligibility criterion, and a tool for advancing inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new ERA policy agenda.

In total, there will be four winners:

• two winners in the prize category “Sustainable Gender Equality Champions”
• one winner in the prize category “Newcomer Gender Equality Champions”
• one winner in the prize category “Inclusive Gender Equality Champions”

ERA Chairs

Code: 30216 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/03/2024

Research organisations located in Widening countries interested in establishing an ERA Chair should submit a proposal with the prospective ERA Chair holder who should be an outstanding researcher and/or innovator in the chosen scientific domain.

The scientific field can be any domain of research and innovation.

Excellence Hubs

Code: 30213 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-07-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/03/2024

Excellence hubs are part of the European Excellence Initiative and complement the science-oriented schemes Teaming, Twinning, ERA Chairs and the European Excellence Initiative for universities by a dedicated innovation component. Excellence hubs will focus on innovation by allowing innovation ecosystems in Widening countries and beyond, to team up and create better linkages between academia, business, government and society. This will foster a real place-based innovation culture in Widening countries based on a strategic agenda aligned with regional or national smart specialisation strategies.

This action responds to the third priority in the ERA communication on translating R&I results into the economy and will especially support R&I policies aiming at boosting the resilience and competitiveness of our economies and societies. This means ensuring European competitive leadership in the global race for technology based on excellence while improving the environment for business R&I investment, deployment of new technologies and enhancing the take up and visibility of research results in the economy and society as a whole. This action addresses regions as R&I actors since they are the place where the innovation and industrial ecosystems breathe and develop, making the links between Europe and business including SMEs and start-ups, research centres, innovation stakeholders as well as citizens.

Twinning Green Deal

Code: 28889 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02-02 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 25/04/2023 | End submission calls: 28/09/2023

Topic B: The Twinning Green Deal

As regards the Twinning Green Deal, climate change is the biggest challenge and the European Green Deal considers it is an opportunity to build a new economic model. The European Green Deal set the blueprint for this transformational change. All 27 EU Member States committed to turning the EU into the first climate neutral continent by 2050. To get there, they pledged to reduce emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. This will create new opportunities for innovation and investment and jobs. It includes research and innovation actions related among others, to transport, industry, energy, buildings’ ecological efficiency, nature and health protection, boosting global climate action.

Twinning Bottom-Up

Code: 28887 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 25/04/2023 | End submission calls: 28/09/2023

Topic A: The (usual) Twining Bottom-Up

To prevent further disparities, maximise investment in Research and Development and enhance economic growth, Horizon Europe is taking relevant actions under Widening participation and spreading excellence objective. Twinning actions are one of the main instruments of this objective.

Dissemination and Exploitation Support Facility

Code: 28885 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-05-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/04/2023 | End submission calls: 28/09/2023

This action should be implemented as a CSA awarded to consortia of at least three entities who should have a proven track record of success in Dissemination & Exploitation and related training, communication and networking.

ERA Fellowships

Code: 28514 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-02-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/04/2023 | End submission calls: 13/09/2023

This action builds on the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 action (HORIZON-MSCA-PF-2023-01-01). Fellowships should be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking cross-border mobility.

European Excellence Initiative

Code: 26638 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-03-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The European Excellence Initiative aims to raise excellence in science and in knowledge valorisation of Europe’s universities through cooperation. Cooperation of universities will be supported to create critical R&I mass and pursue specific objectives that contribute to accelerating key R&I areas of own choice, for instance, one or more Mission areas.

Hop on Facility

Code: 26635 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 28/09/2023

The Hop On Facility integrates one additional participant from a Widening country to an ongoing project under Pillar 2 or the EIC Pathfinder scheme while topping up a relevant task or work package and the cost incurred by the additional participant. Applications with activities that contribute to the policy objective of the transition towards a green and digital economy are especially encouraged.

Teaming for Excellence

Code: 26579 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/01/2023 | End submission calls: 12/04/2023

The Teaming action is designed to support the creation of new centres of excellence or upgrading the existing ones in low R&I performing countries (except those centres of excellence that have already benefitted from previous Teaming calls). It is building on partnerships between leading scientific institutions in the European landscape and the main beneficiary institutions in low R&I performing countries that display the willingness to engage together for this purpose.

Support to the implementation of an EU Manifesto for STE(A)M education and research and innovation career paths to tackle gender inequalities in the ERA

Code: 25768 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-10 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

Τhe action should ensure the implementation of a European Manifesto for STEAM education and career paths to tackle gender inequalities among relevant R&I actors, through the adoption of common principles and actions on gender-inclusive STEAM education, research and innovation. Particular attention should also be paid to addressing bottleneck moments and structural barriers in young researchers’ careers.

Policy support to facilitate the implementation of a zero-tolerance approach towards gender-based violence in the ERA

Code: 25766 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-09 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

Gender-based violence (GBV), including sexual harassment, sexual assault and psychological violence, occurs at all career levels of higher education and research and in all disciplines.
With the institutional change approach through gender equality plans, measures to address GBV (e.g., through a code of conduct or a protocol for complaints), are expected to advance among R&I organisations, as they are recommended components of these plans, defined in the Horizon Europe eligibility criteria. However, a more comprehensive and strategic policy coordination is needed to ensure that R&I entities in Member States and Associated Countries are supported in implementing the necessary institutional changes to foster safe and inclusive working environments in academia.

Experimentation and exchange of good practices for value creation

Code: 25764 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-03 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

To bring existing good practices in knowledge valorisation to support value creation across Europe, we need more experimentation, peer learning and testing of new models as well as trying out good practices in different environments.

The future of research ethics review in the changing research environments

Code: 25759 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-12 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The overall objective is to identify gaps in practice and formulate proposals to enhance the capabilities of the existing ‘ethics infrastructure’ in Europe.
Support an effective adaptation of the ethics reviews to the evolution of scientific research, notably due to the emergence of new areas of research and new forms of research collaborations.
The emergence of new areas of research and development, including in the areas of gene editing and artificial intelligence, and the shift of research activities and collaborations to the online digital space, challenge the future of research ethics reviews. Ethics should focus on the adherence to values and principles and not be a legal compliance mechanism.

Building a virtual European Info Platform on Contemporary China

Code: 25754 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-06 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The action funded under this topic will have the objective of networking excellent knowledge nodes supporting the advancement of independent knowledge on contemporary China from across the European Union to build a virtual European Info Platform on contemporary China that will become sustainable beyond the end of the project.

This action seeks to bolster a stronger European understanding of contemporary China and to strengthen European’s capacity to sustain the production of such knowledge that is key to develop excellent EU-China policy-making based on facts, independent and unbiased analyses, and foresight. The action aims to empower the European Union to act coherently and proactively on the international stage preserving an open research and innovation ecosystem while safeguarding European interests and values.

Support to reforms of research assessment in the European Research Area

Code: 25746 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-07 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

This action aims at supporting the reform of the assessment of research projects, researchers, research units, and research institutions.

Laying the groundwork towards Europe-wide citizen science campaigns

Code: 25743 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-08 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

Citizen science, involving citizens directly in the development of new knowledge or innovations, is a rapidly emerging mode of research and innovation that can lead to increased quality and effectiveness, e.g., through collecting, processing or analysing new qualities and quantities of data.
The action should identify the most promising citizen science initiatives for transnational upscaling, foster the development of broad societal coalitions around the identified and promising initiatives, and propose how to unlock the necessary funding commitments (e.g., from EU and national programmes and funders, philanthropic, and/or commercial sources) required.

Exploitation and valorisation of results relevant for the ERA Policy Agenda

Code: 25736 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-05 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

ERA Policy Agenda – actions under Horizon Europe support the transformation and institutional change of universities, research organisations and enterprises. The action will implement a facility to disseminate results widely, facilitate their use, tailor them to the needs of the different communities and build a community of practitioners that support mutual learning and exchange of good practices in institutional change in the spirit of the New ERA. It will furthermore design measures for mutual learning among Member States and stakeholders, with a focus on those ERA Policy Agenda actions where no other configuration support this. It will provide expertise to countries participating in the implementation of an ERA Policy Agenda action to address bottlenecks and increase stakeholder engagement. It will contribute to the building of an ERA community, including, with regular events at European level, and support a coherent approach to communication activities and their branding at national level.

Development of new approaches to the macroeconomic modelling of research and innovation

Code: 25734 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-04 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The successful proposal will improve the integration of R&I within macro-economic modelling, while at the same time bringing fresh light on the role of R&I to tackle current societal challenges, with a particular focus on the European context.

A strong European R&I Foresight Community to better inform R&I policy decisions in the European Research Area about potential futures

Code: 25732 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-02 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The objective of this action is to accelerate the development of a European R&I foresight community supporting the development of national R&I foresight communities that are well integrated in national policy systems; and can contribute not only to the design of national reforms and policies but also to the evidence underpinning and the governance of a vibrant European Research Area, which delivers on common priorities and objectives.

Programme level collaboration between national R&I policy-makers

Code: 25726 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

Successful proposals should align national and regional research funding programmes on agreed priorities that are common to the countries participating in the action and, where appropriate, implement joint calls for transnational R&I projects as well as other joint calls or other joint activities.

Research ethics for environmental and climate technologies

Code: 25721 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-11 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

It is necessary to tackle the global environmental risks, protect the world’s scarce resources, and decide on policy priorities. This inevitably raises important ethical questions and dilemmas including some related to the production of scientific knowledge and the development of novel technologies.
actively pursuing the preservation of the environment can, in some cases, lead to tensions between the pure environmental objective and the protection of human rights.

Newcomer Gender Equality Champions

Code: 23759 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-GENDER-Prize-02 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/07/2022 | End submission calls: 13/10/2022

The “EU Award for (Academic) Gender Equality Champions” is a Prize scheme meant as a booster and complement to the requirement for higher education and research organisations applying to Horizon Europe to have in place a Gender Equality Plan (GEP), and a tool for advancing inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new ERA policy agenda, as well as an enabler for the transformation agenda for universities set in the new ERA.

Sustainable Gender Equality Champions

Code: 23735 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-GENDER-Prize-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/07/2022 | End submission calls: 13/10/2022

The “EU Award for (Academic) Gender Equality Champions” is a Prize scheme meant as a booster and complement to the requirement for higher education and research organisations applying to Horizon Europe to have in place a Gender Equality Plan (GEP), and a tool for advancing inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new ERA policy agenda, as well as an enabler for the transformation agenda for universities set in the new ERA.

Inclusive Gender Equality Champions

Code: 23731 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-GENDER-Prize-03 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/07/2022 | End submission calls: 13/10/2022

The “EU Award for (Academic) Gender Equality Champions” is a Prize scheme meant as a booster and complement to the requirement for higher education and research organisations applying to Horizon Europe to have in place a Gender Equality Plan (GEP), and a tool for advancing inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new ERA policy agenda, as well as an enabler for the transformation agenda for universities set in the new ERA.

Fostering balanced brain circulation – ERA Talents

Code: 23607 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-03-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2022 | End submission calls: 15/11/2022

Through ERA4You, as one of the ERA Policy Actions, the European Commission aims to support and incentivise such transformations, towards a more balanced circulation of talents, both trans-nationally and across sectors. ERA Talents aims to support training and mobility of researchers, innovators, and other research and innovation talents across sectors with a particular focus on widening countries.

Fostering balanced brain circulation – ERA Fellowships

Code: 17591 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-04-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2022 | End submission calls: 29/09/2022

Fellowships should be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking cross-border mobility either to or between EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries.
ERA Fellowships should take place in a Widening Country. Fellowships are open to researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to Europe from any country in the world or moving within Europe to a Widening Country.

Hop On Facility

Code: 17583 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-07-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The Hop On Facility providing that the work programme may foresee the possibility for legal entities from low R&I performing countries to join already selected collaborative R&I actions, subject to the agreement of the respective consortium and provided that legal entities from such countries are not yet participating in it. The scheme further aims at achieving the Inclusiveness ambition of the future ERA policy by involving research institutions from widening countries under Horizon Europe Pillar 2 actions.

Stepping-up institutional and territorial changes towards open and responsible research and innovation

Code: 17560 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-40 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

At territorial level, interactions between different institutions from across the quadruple helix, and including societal actors such as civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations, are essential to ensuring that the processes and outcomes of research and innovation are aligned with the needs, values and expectations of society.

This action consists of three parts, all of which must be addressed:

• The first involves consolidating the evidence base and develop innovative guidance and other materials, which can support institutions and territories to implement sustainable institutional changes and open up to society.
• The second part involves financial support to third parties, by launching ‘cascading grant’ call(s) to support institutions and territories from across the ERA to implement sustainable institutional changes towards open and responsible research and innovation.
• The third part involves acting as a central point of expertise and support services on open and responsible research and innovation for institutions and projects under Horizon Europe and within the European Research Area.

(further details in the call document, p. 111-112)

Support to the implementation of inclusive gender equality plans

Code: 17547 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-81 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The institutional change strategy implemented through gender equality plans has had very positive impacts in many research organisations and been a catalyser at national and EU level, as the latest ERA progress report has shown. However, there is a heterogeneity in the implementation of Gender Equality Plans across the EU, and persisting structural barriers in R&I institutions which must be addressed, through a renewed approach.

Living Lab for gender-responsive innovation

Code: 17540 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-80 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Projects are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:

• Advancement of knowledge and practice on gender-responsive innovation in Europe
• Strengthening of the innovation and inclusiveness dimensions of the European Research Area

A European competence centre for science communication

Code: 17534 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-60 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Science communication is a scientific discipline, an activity conducted by career scientists and science outreach organisations, and a specific career pathway followed by journalists. It has the potential to improve science-society relations by increasing the transparency of science, building trust in the processes and outcomes of science, and raising scientific literacy.

An experimentation space for the uptake and use of R&I results for EU resilience and future preparedness

Code: 17531 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-32 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

This action aims at increasing the visibility and fostering the use of R&I results with high policy relevance to contribute to the recovery and resilience of Europe, while engaging research communities and citizens in an “experimentation space” for new, science based, socially inclusive and gender responsive policy initiatives and solutions.

Support for policy makers – Programme level collaboration between national R&I programmes

Code: 17527 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-10 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Projects are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:

• Identification of common research and innovation priorities agreed among the participating national and regional R&I programmes, taking into account international developments where relevant;
• Implementation of multiannual joint calls, resulting in the funding of transnational collaborative R&I projects.

Supporting the development of aligned policies for open access books and monographs

Code: 17524 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-42 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

This action aims to support the development of aligned institutional and funder policies and strategies regarding open access to books and monographs in Europe.

Increasing the reproducibility of scientific results

Code: 17518 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-41 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Reproducibility refers to the possibility for the scientific community to obtain the same results as the originators of a specific finding. As such, reproducibility is core to scientific progress, and there is debate on whether there is a ‘crisis of reproducibility’ in contemporary science. Therefore, this topic aims to fund activities to
a) determine how increased reproducibility generates gains and savings in the R&I process and improve overall performance – alongside the demonstrated positive effects on their quality, integrity and trust-worthiness, and
b) find, experiment and mainstream concrete solutions and best-practices to increase the reproducibility of research funded with European taxpayers’ money, including through the more systematic integration of sex and gender as variables whenever relevant.

Innowwide Bridging Facility

Code: 17508 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-31 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

Projects are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:

• Contributing to implementing the political priorities of the new European Commission, in particular in relation to the objective of ‘A stronger Europe in the world’, and in relation to the EU communication on the comprehensive Strategy with Africa, aiming to support building knowledge economies.
• Economic growth and job creation in the EU and in Africa.
• Transfer and internationalisation of demonstrated technologies and know-how, both to and from the EU and Africa

Testing of the ERA Hub concept – pilot phase

Code: 17386 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-30 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The scope of this action is to pilot the ERA Hub concept with a limited number of ecosystems through implementation in countries and regions where knowledge ecosystem structures aligned to the ERA Hubs concept already exist, combined with countries or regions where an integrated place-based approach is missing. The main goal of the action is to fine-tune through experimentation the designed concept of ERA Hubs and its technical specifications and compliance criteria, share practices, as well as provide a toolkit of best practices and activities that ensure a strong basis for a potential scale-up in different geographies across the EU territory in the next phase.

Open schooling for science education and a learning continuum for all

Code: 17383 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-70 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

This action aims to support a range of activities based on collaboration at local level between formal, non-formal and informal science education providers, enterprises and civil society in order to integrate the concept of open schooling, including all educational levels, in science education.

The empirical and behavioural approach to research ethics and integrity

Code: 17380 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-91 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

This action aims to improve the understanding of researchers’ behaviours and incorporate this knowledge in measures aiming at enhancing promotion of ethics and integrity principles through shared responsibility (individual and institutional), improved education and training processes and qualified mentoring and support.
In order to elucidate behavioural factors that may lead researchers to breach standards of research ethics and integrity, this action should perform a literature review, map the existing knowledge on behavioural ethics and moral psychology and identify research outcomes and research needs.

Developing an effective ERA talent pipeline

Code: 17370 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-50 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The European Research and Innovation system needs to optimize its support for the constant flow-through of highly skilled talents to match the demand of society and the economy. Establishing an enhanced framework for researchers’ careers within the EU towards a pipeline of highly skilled, creative, and resilient talents will accelerate the achievement of a knowledge-based society and economy.

Developing and piloting training on the practice of open and responsible research and innovation

Code: 17368 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-44 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

In order to ensure the excellence of EU research and innovation, the research workforce needs to strengthen skills related to integrity, avoidance of various forms of bias, including gender bias, non-discrimination and inclusion, FAIR data management, data robustness and reproducibility, dissemination and exploitation of results, and interdisciplinary research. These skills are needed at all stages of researchers’ careers, from undergraduate onwards (including as part of doctoral training).

Acceleration Services in support of the institutional transformation of Higher Education Institutions

Code: 17363 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-51 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2022

The overall aim of the Higher Education Institutions acceleration services is to help institutions to successfully implement a strategy and roadmap for transformation, by creating a shared knowledge base, coaching service and virtual meeting place for them to connect with peers and other ecosystem actors, as well as with investors and public funders.

Horizon impact award

Code: 17359 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ImpactPrize | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/01/2022 | End submission calls: 08/03/2022

The Commission will award on an annual basis a recognition prize to reward beneficiaries that have successfully used their research results to create value for society. This action aims to illustrate the wider socio-economic benefits of the EU investment in research and innovation and to encourage project beneficiaries to best manage and use their research results.

Twinning

Code: 15313 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/07/2021 | End submission calls: 18/01/2022

Twinning aims to enhance networking activities between the research institutions of the Widening countries and top-class leading counterparts at EU level by linking it with at least two research institutions from two different Member States or Associated Countries. Therefore, building on the huge potential of networking for excellence through knowledge transfer and exchange of best practice between research institutions and partners. Twinning actions intend to help raise the research profile of the institution from the Widening country as well as the research profile of its staff including a special focus on strengthening the research management and administrative skills of the coordination institution from the Widening country.

Excellence Hubs

Code: 15020 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-04-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 03/11/2021 | End submission calls: 15/03/2022

Excellence Hubs are part of the European Excellence Initiative and complement the science-oriented schemes Teaming, Twinning, ERA Chairs and the European Excellence Initiative for Universities by a dedicated innovation component. Excellence Hubs will focus on innovation by allowing innovation ecosystems in Widening countries and beyond, to team up and create better linkages between academia, business, government and society.

Ensuring reliability and trust in quality of Research Ethics expertise in the context of new/emerging technologies

Code: 12406 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-91 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The first objective should be to identify the main ethics challenges resulting from the most impactful new and emerging technologies, including the specific challenges arising from research activities involving those new technologies in collaboration with non-EU partners and outside the EU.

The challenges of research ethics and integrity in response to crisis: the coronavirus pandemic and beyond

Code: 12403 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-90 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The first priority is to analyse what characterises, from an ethics perspective, a crisis of a global, sudden and unexpected nature of the type of the Covid-19 pandemic, and isolate what are the related ethics and integrity challenges as regards the production, sharing and use of scientific knowledge and data in designing and implementing responses as well as in anticipating future global urgencies. The scope should also cover the ethics of the scientific work on public health measures, including those aiming at an increased preparedness.
The objective of this Call is to cover emerging ethics issues related to new concepts like “immunisation certification” that are at the centre of vivid debates involving fundamental values.

Policy coordination to advance the implementation of the ERA gender equality and inclusiveness objectives within Member States

Code: 12401 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-81 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call aim to achieve the development of a consistent and sustainable coordination network of national representatives on gender equality and inclusiveness in support of the implementation of the ERA Communication policy objectives, leading to better coordination of Member States’ efforts.

Centre of excellence on inclusive gender equality in Research & Innovation

Code: 12399 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-80 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call aim to achιeve the advancement of knowledge, policy and practice on inclusive gender equality in research and innovation institutions across Europe, with an intersectional, geographically inclusive, and multi-sectorial approach. Additionally, this Call has the goal to reduce disparities across Member States and strengthen the European Research Area and its gender equality and inclusiveness objective.

Developing a STE(A)M roadmap for Science Education in Horizon Europe

Code: 12359 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-70 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

In order to increase the uptake in science careers, to feed the talent pipeline, a plan of action is needed to encourage more interest in STE(A)M for young and old alike, with a focus on also increasing female participation and deconstructing gender stereotypes.

Supporting and giving recognition to citizen science in the European Research Area

Code: 12357 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-61 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This action will launch two calls for proposals through financial support to third parties:

Kick-starting: This will kick-start and provide support services to at least 100 citizen science activities that are at the conceptual or pilot stage and which show promise in terms of innovative theme or approach, collecting and analysing data, or generating other important benefits.

Sustaining: This will support at least 25 on-going or recent citizen science activities to find ways to sustain their activities; these will have shown their worth in terms of innovative theme or approach, collecting and analysing data, generating other important benefits, or have particular potential to scale up across member states or the ERA.

A capacity-building and brokering network to make citizen science an integral part of the European Research Area

Code: 12350 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-60 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this call aim to strengthen the links and collaboration between citizen science initiatives and other research and innovation actors, increased capacity to conduct excellent research and innovation through citizen science, while maximising other potential benefits of citizen science, to link data infrastructures with the needs of citizen science, and improved data practices.

Protection of Higher Education Institutions and research organisations against conventional and non-conventional threats

Code: 12344 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-50 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Proposals under this Call aim to analyse possible threats and identify mitigation measures, to increase awareness of threats within higher education institutions and research organisations as well as to promote networking and optimising of infrastructure and resources to ensure adequate preparedness and prevention at European level.

Support to changes in the assessment of research and researchers to reward the practice of open science

Code: 12341 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-45 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this call aim to consolidate information on initiatives for reforming the assessment of research and researchers, taking better account of open science practice. Also, aim to connect existing initiatives at European level, facilitating mutual learning, and stimulating consensus building among the stakeholders.

Societal trust in science, research and innovation

Code: 12339 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-44 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call are aiming to contribute to the recommendations for policy makers, research funding and performing organisations, higher education institutions and other research and innovation actors for tackling societal mistrust in science, research and innovation as well as as to the recommendations for strengthening the co-creation of R&I contents by society, and for the spreading of good practices and evidence of their effects.

Capacity-building for institutional open access publishing across Europe

Code: 12337 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-43 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This action aims to support institutional publishing initiatives across Europe to improve the quality of their non-technological services to researchers, and to overcome fragmentation.

Global cooperation on FAIR data policy and practice

Code: 12335 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-41 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

Projects under this Call, aim to strengthened international cooperation in order to increase and mainstream FAIRness of data and digital objects. Also, aim to contribute to the connection of disconnected initiatives on data management, data stewardship and FAIR data practices, across borders and disciplines, as enablers of open science, increasing also FAIR data sharing within and across scientific disciplines and innovation sectors.

Modelling and quantifying the impacts of open science practice

Code: 12332 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-40 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The mainstreaming of open science practice is driven by expected impacts:
(i) on the research system
(ii) on the innovation system
(iii) on the interface between science and society

R&I intensive IP management: Scenarios for the future

Code: 12299 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-33 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This topic will look at ways to overcome the existing gaps researchers have to face when following unconventional discovery methods (e.g. artificial intelligence, computer inventions etc.).

Standardisation Booster for fostering exploitation of FP-funded research results

Code: 12297 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-32 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The Standardisation Booster will help these beneficiaries to engage with standardisation bodies and contribute to the preparation and elaboration of standardisation activities, such as participating in a focus group, setting up a new technical committee, drafting a technical specification or a technical report, participating in awareness events.

Implementation of a new macro-economic modelling concept

Code: 12294 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-30 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This action will implement a renovated macro-economic modelling concept to improve the treatment of R&I and R&I policies in macroeconomic models, by developing a modelling framework consistent with the most recent empirical evidence and the theoretical state of the art.

Towards a Europe-wide training and networking scheme for research managers

Code: 12292 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-20 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

This topic aims at improving training and skills development of research management staff, to develop better research and innovation management capacity and guidance for researchers across the entire ERA, as well as pave the way towards institutional acknowledgement of the research management profession.

Support for policy makers – Programme level collaboration between national R&I programmes

Code: 12290 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-09 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 23/09/2021

The actions funded under this topic will coordinate national and regional R&I programmes by pooling national resources and contributing to the alignment of national research and innovation policies.

Twinning Western Balkans Special

Code: 12286 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-02-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/10/2021

The purpose of the special Twinning call is to raise the bar for excellence of all R&I actors in these countries. This special Twinning aims to enhance networking activities between the research institutions of the Western Balkan countries and leading counterparts at EU level. It links the coordinator located in a Western Balkan country with at least two leading research institutions from two different Member States or Associated Countries in the role of the advanced partners. Therefore, it builds on the huge potential of networking for excellence through knowledge transfer and exchange of best practice between research institutions and partners.

Support for R&I policy making in the Western Balkans

Code: 10917 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-06-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2021 | End submission calls: 29/09/2021

This action aligns with ERA and Widening objectives in that it aims to strengthen links with EU partners and opens up to EU networks.

Fostering balanced brain circulation – ERA Fellowships

Code: 10764 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-02-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2021 | End submission calls: 12/10/2021

Fellowships should be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking cross-border mobility either to or between EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries.

Capacity building to strengthen networks of higher education institutions and cooperation with surrounding ecosystems

Code: 10761 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-05-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2021 | End submission calls: 04/11/2021

Through the European Excellence Initiative, Horizon Europe’s support aims at the transformation of higher education sector and their surrounding ecosystems, including non-university research centres.

ERA Chairs

Code: 10337 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-01-01 | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2021 | End submission calls: 22/03/2022

Research organisations located in Widening Countries (Cyprus and Greece are among the Widening Countries) interested in establishing an ERA Chair shall submit a proposal with the prospective ERA Chair holder who should be an outstanding researcher and/or innovator in the chosen scientific domain. 

Teaming for Excellence

Code: 10216 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage | Programme name: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2021 | End submission calls: 05/10/2021

The Teaming action is designed to support the creation of new centres of excellence or upgrading the existing ones in low R&I performing countries, building on partnerships between leading scientific institutions in Europe and the main beneficiary institutions in low R&I performing countries that display the willingness to engage together for this purpose.