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

General information
Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON)
Call: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-02
Type of Action: HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
Type of MGA: HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based
Open for submission
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned Opening Date: 23 April 2024
Planned Closing Date: 10 September 2024
Topic Description
ExpectedOutcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes, in line with the Commission initiative ?Advanced Materials for industrial leadership?:

  • Well-coordinated European, national and regional initiatives in the field of two-dimensional materials (2DMs) and other advanced materials.
  • Well-coordinated national and regional funding programmes allowing for joint calls between interested countries. Such calls should also offer synergies with projects funded at European level.
  • Contribution to the further development of a strong European innovation ecosystem for R&I in 2DMs and other advanced materials.
  • Assessment by Member States of any technology leakage risks as identified under the Economic Security Communication published in June 2023.
Scope:

Proposals should support the coordination between relevant national and regional public authorities funding research and innovation in 2DM-based technologies and advanced materials. This coordination should allow them to work synergistically with the goal to strengthen and complement the EU funded activities in advanced materials and 2DM-based technologies under Horizon Europe and to leverage future actions beyond 2027.

Coordination and support activities should address all of the following:

  • Active networking of relevant initiatives and R&I communities.
  • Active follow-up of the projects funded under FLAG-ERA[1] and M-ERANET[2].
  • Maintaining an inventory of funding and scientific landscapes in Europe in the domain of 2DMs, and more broadly advanced materials, for both basic and applied research.
  • Analysing gaps and overlaps between EU, national and regional funding landscapes, and contributing to topics that could be included in national/regional research agendas, including need for actions related to standardisation and regulatory preparedness.
  • Supporting the national and regional players, e.g. funding bodies, to organise joint calls for proposals between their respective programmes and initiatives for supporting in Europe the further development of a strong innovation ecosystem in 2DMs and advanced materials at large;
  • Assessing technology leakage risks for projects funded under FLAG-ERA and M-ERANET, in line with the Commission recommendation on critical technologies of 13 October 2023, as far as advanced materials are concerned.

Proposals should build on or seek collaboration with existing portfolios of EU projects and develop synergies with other relevant European, national or regional initiatives, funding programmes and platforms and in particular with the Graphene Flagship, AMI 2030 and the new proposed Horizon Europe Partnership on ?Innovative Materials 4 EU? and any future European initiative on innovative materials.

In this topic, the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement.

[1] https://www.flagera.eu

[2] https://www.m-era.net/

Topic Destination
ExpectedOutcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes, in line with the Commission initiative ?Advanced Materials for industrial leadership?:

  • Well-coordinated European, national and regional initiatives in the field of two-dimensional materials (2DMs) and other advanced materials.
  • Well-coordinated national and regional funding programmes allowing for joint calls between interested countries. Such calls should also offer synergies with projects funded at European level.
  • Contribution to the further development of a strong European innovation ecosystem for R&I in 2DMs and other advanced materials.
  • Assessment by Member States of any technology leakage risks as identified under the Economic Security Communication published in June 2023.
Scope:

Proposals should support the coordination between relevant national and regional public authorities funding research and innovation in 2DM-based technologies and advanced materials. This coordination should allow them to work synergistically with the goal to strengthen and complement the EU funded activities in advanced materials and 2DM-based technologies under Horizon Europe and to leverage future actions beyond 2027.

Coordination and support activities should address all of the following:

  • Active networking of relevant initiatives and R&I communities.
  • Active follow-up of the projects funded under FLAG-ERA[1] and M-ERANET[2].
  • Maintaining an inventory of funding and scientific landscapes in Europe in the domain of 2DMs, and more broadly advanced materials, for both basic and applied research.
  • Analysing gaps and overlaps between EU, national and regional funding landscapes, and contributing to topics that could be included in national/regional research agendas, including need for actions related to standardisation and regulatory preparedness.
  • Supporting the national and regional players, e.g. funding bodies, to organise joint calls for proposals between their respective programmes and initiatives for supporting in Europe the further development of a strong innovation ecosystem in 2DMs and advanced materials at large;
  • Assessing technology leakage risks for projects funded under FLAG-ERA and M-ERANET, in line with the Commission recommendation on critical technologies of 13 October 2023, as far as advanced materials are concerned.

Proposals should build on or seek collaboration with existing portfolios of EU projects and develop synergies with other relevant European, national or regional initiatives, funding programmes and platforms and in particular with the Graphene Flagship, AMI 2030 and the new proposed Horizon Europe Partnership on ?Innovative Materials 4 EU? and any future European initiative on innovative materials.

In this topic, the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement.

[1] https://www.flagera.eu

[2] https://www.m-era.net/

Topic Conditions and Documents

General conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

 

2. Eligible countries: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.

A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.

 

3. Other eligibility conditions: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.

 

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.

 

5. Evaluation and award:

  • Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.

  • Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.

  • Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.

 

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.

 

Specific conditions

7. Specific conditions: described in the specific topic of the Work Programme.

 

Documents

Call documents:

Standard application form (HE CSA)  call-specific application form is available in the Submission System

Standard evaluation form (HE CSA)  will be used with the necessary adaptations

HE General MGA v1.0  Model Grant Agreement

Additional documents:

HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 1. General Introduction

HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 7. Digital, Industry and Space

HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 13. General Annexes

HE Programme Guide

HE Framework Programme and Rules for Participation Regulation 2021/695

HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764

EU Financial Regulation

Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment

EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

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