“HORIZON EUROPE” – New Calls for Proposals 2023 for Cluster 6 “Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment”

The European Commission, announced on 6 December 2022 the Work Programme 2023-2024 for Cluster 6 “Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment” of the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation of the EU, “Horizon Europe” 2021-2027.

 The budget of the new Work Programme 2023-2024 is more than 1,8 billion Euros and it is divided into 7 Destinations and Other Actions, divided into 105 Topics, as follows:

  1. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (8 Topics)
  2. Fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption (20 Topics)
  3. Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors (17 Topics)
  4. Clean environment and zero pollution (9 Topics)
  5. Land, oceans and water for climate action (8 Topics)
  6. Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities (6 Topics)
  1. Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal (22 Topics)

Other Actions (5 Topics)

In the frame of the 7 Destinations, both 2023 and 2024 Calls for Proposals were announced on the Funding & Tenders Portal on the 22nd of December 2022. The deadlines for the submission of proposals for 2023 Calls are presented in the table below:

Call Deadline for Proposal Submission
HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01 23 March 2023
HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01

HORIZON-CL6-2023-CIRCBIO-01

HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01

 28 March 2023
HORIZON-CL6-2023-COMMUNITIES-01

HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01

HORIZON-CL6-2023-CLIMATE-01

 12 April 2023
ΤWO–STAGE CALLS

HORIZON-CL6-2023-CIRCBIO-02-two-stage

HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-02-two-stage

 28 March 2023 (1st Stage)

26 September 2023  (2nd Stage)

As part of the promotion of the new Work Programme 2023-2024, the following events have been organised by the European Commission:

  • 13 – 14 December 2022: Online InfoDay for the presentation of the 2023-2024 Work Programme. The presentation recordings and slides of the InfoDay are available here.

 

  • 19 December 2022 – End January 2023: Online Brokerage Event to support potential applicants network, find partners and build consortia for the 2023 Calls. The online matchmaking platform, which facilitates online meetings with potential partners/ collaborators for Cluster 6 2023 Calls, will remain open until the end of January 2023. The event is organised in collaboration with the Cluster 6 National Contact Points Project CARE4BIO.

For more information, please contact the National Contact Points (NCPs) for Cluster 6 “ Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment”:

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