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Welcome to the Horizon Europe Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment blog. Whilst we might not win the prize for the snappiest title, I think that we certainly come top of the league in the range of critical subject areas that are being addressed under Horizon Europe to support the European Green Deal.
Opportunity for UK academics, businesses and the public sector - The UK will associate to Horizon Europe so UK organisations can apply for funding on the same terms as organisations from Member States. The UK will contribute £2 billion per year to the overall Horizon Europe budget.
The new Horizon Europe Cluster on Climate, Energy and Mobility represents an excellent opportunity for the UK in the context of our net zero target and The Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution. The Cluster brings together climate, energy and mobility RD&D to enable greater collaboration and cross-cutting activity in these highly interlinked areas.
Good news, the final version of the Horizon Europe work programme has landed we can explore the collaboration opportunities. In Horizon 2020, the UK received over €850 million from equivalent calls, so continuing on that success, the UK has a lot to offer and gain. Building on a global vision and with an emphasis on making a Europe more resilient, green and digitally transformed, Cluster 4 is at the heart of this effort.
I am pleased to announce the availability to UK innovators, working in academia, industry, research organisations and public bodies, a €1.6 billion funding opportunity through the EU Commission’s Horizon Europe Civil Security for Society Work Programme (Cluster 3).
Recent events have shaken the world, bringing significant changes to our society and economy. In particular, the disproportionate impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement have brought inequality into sharp focus. It cannot be ignored.
Horizon Europe - opportunities for social scientists and humanities researchers. Funding for advancing scientific knowledge in the fields of social sciences and humanities falls under Cluster 2 – ‘Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society.
This Cluster 2 funds collaborative, challenge-led research within the following research areas: enhancing democratic governance and citizens participation, safeguarding and promoting cultural heritage, and responding to and shaping multifaceted social, economic, technological and cultural transformations.
If you work in health research and innovation, there are plenty of European funding opportunities coming up. The EU is just launching Horizon Europe, its latest research and innovation programme, which will run until 2027 with a budget of at least €95.5 billion. All types of UK organisations - including academia, industry, the NHS, and charities - can apply for funding on the same terms as EU-based applicants, as the UK will ‘associate’ to Horizon Europe.
The European Commission has published its Work Programmes for 2021/22 for the central, and largest pillar, of its Horizon Europe Programme focused on “Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness” - Find out more about the Horizon Europe programme and the funding and support available.
Monday, 23 March 2020 is a date that will be etched into the records of British history. The day we locked down. Since then, COVID-19 has turned the world upside down - taking millions of lives and disrupting families, societies and economies.
On behalf of the Faraday Battery Challenge team I would like to express our shock, sadness and feeling of grief at the news of the sudden passing of Richard Parry-Jones, Chair of our Advisory Group. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and loved ones at this extremely difficult time.
