Horizontal Activities

The Clean Industrial Deal confirms Europe’s dedication to its decarbonisation goals by offering clear business incentives. It will help create lead markets to boost supply and demand in clean tech and energy-intensive industries (such as chemicals, cement, steel and metal). The main aim of this call is to support the development of a new generation of demonstrators in clean tech and decarbonised industry that combine technological excellence with market readiness with a view to accelerating their market deployment.

The AI in Science call is aligned with the European Commission's RAISE (Resource for AI Science in Europe) initiative aiming at building a European AI-for-Science ecosystem. Projects will be funded to accelerate scientific discovery through AI and develop trustworthy AI-driven research infrastructures, thus strengthening Europe's scientific competitiveness, AI capabilities and leadership.

The Bridging Actions call supports the transition between the current Horizon Europe programme and its successor. The call focuses on strengthening the pathway from research results to market uptake, helping innovations become deployment-ready and attractive for investment. Topics cover knowledge valorisation, access to research data and infrastructures, and the application of AI.

The Nature Call aims to strengthen biodiversity-related research and innovation across Horizon Europe. It will fund projects that help protect and restore nature, improve understanding of biodiversity benefits and impacts of the clean and digital transitions, advance the use of environmental data and digital technologies, and contribute to policy objectives such as One Health. Interdisciplinary approaches and the integration of social sciences and humanities are strongly encouraged.

List of the corresponding NCP contacts per cross-thematic calls.

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